Topic
Electronic Communications
149 published works
Consumer Finance Monitor
The CFPB’s final collections rule: using electronic communications to send required disclosures
On November 13, 2020, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET, we will present a webinar on the CFPB’s final collection rule. Click here for more information and to register.…
Technology's Legal Edge
Webinar: The new European Electronic Communications Code
By DLA Piper
On December 21, 2020, the European Union’s new Electronic Communications Code (EECC) will begin regulating a broad range of previously unregulated services as Electronic Communications Services (ECS). Among these newly…
Privacy World
State Law Claims for Intercepted Electronic Communications are Not Preempted by the Federal Electronics Communications Privacy Act because the Federal Statute Does Not Provide for Exclusive Remedies
By Squire Patton Boggs, Angelo Carosio
In Ducharme v. Madewell Concrete, LLC, No. 6:20-1620-HMH, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127615 (D.S.C. July 17, 2020), Defendants Madewell Concrete, LLC and Kevin Johnston’s (“Johnston”) (collectively, “Defendants”) motion to dismiss…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EU Council Presidency Releases Progress Report on Draft ePrivacy Regulation
On June 3, 2020, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union published a progress report on the proposed Regulation concerning the Respect for Private Life and the Protection…
Municipal Minute
Court Finds in Favor of Public Body on FOIA Request for Employee Electronic Communications
In Shehadeh v. Downey, 2020 IL App (3d) 170158-U, a requester filed several FOIA requests with the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO), seeking a variety of records relating to the…
Privacy World
Public Consultation in France on the Transposition of the European Electronic Communications Code (Directive 2018/1972 of December 11, 2018)
The French government has launched a public consultation on the transposition of Directive (EU) 2018/1972 December 11, 2018, establishing the EU Electronic Communications Code (EECC), which must be transposed before…
Labor Law Prof Blog
The Property Problem in the NLRB’s Email Case
I’ve now had a chance to do a more careful read of Rio, which confirmed my earlier sense that both the majority and dissent have almost fully adopted the early…
Technology Law Dispatch
Updated draft of ePrivacy Regulation – Finnish presidency of the Council of the EU aims for final text by the end of the year
By Sven Schonhofen, Dr. Thomas Fischl, Arne Senger
The Finnish presidency of the Council of the EU (Finnish Presidency) released an updated draft of the Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (ePrivacy Regulation) on October 30, 2019 (available…
Technology Law Dispatch
The e-Privacy Regulation saga rumbles on
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, John O'Brien
The long-running e-Privacy Regulation saga continues. On 18 September 2019, the Council of the European Union (the Council) released proposed amendments to the draft regulation. We take a look at…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EU Council Presidency Published Amended Proposal for Draft ePrivacy Regulation
On September 18, 2019, the Presidency of the European Council published its proposed amendments to the Proposal for a Regulation Concerning the Respect for Private Life and the Protection of…