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Electronic Communications
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La Revue
Loi numérique : confidentialité des correspondances électroniques
Le secret des correspondances L’article L 32-3 du Code des postes et des communications électroniques est venu préciser sur quoi portait le secret des correspondances. Il couvre : - le…
Global Media and Communications Watch
New Notice and Consent Rules under Proposed EU e-Privacy Regulation
By Eduardo Ustaran, Nick Westbrook
The European Commission has released its proposal for a new EU e-Privacy Regulation that will replace the existing e-Privacy Directive. The high level aim of the draft e-Privacy Regulation is…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
President Donald J. Trump – What Lies Ahead for Privacy, Cybersecurity, e-Communication?
Following a brutal campaign – one laced with Wikileaks’ email dumps, confidential Clinton emails left unprotected, flurries of Twitter and other social media activity – it will be interesting to…
Technology Law Dispatch
Class Action Filed Against Indianapolis Colts over App
By Sulina D. Gabale, Jason Gordon
This month, the Indianapolis Colts, app developer Yinzcam, Inc., and ultrasonic technology provider Lisnr, Inc., were hit with a federal class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania for violating the Electronic Communications…
Inside Government Contracts
Employee Efforts to Stop Employer FCA Violation is Protected Activity Even When No Distinct Possibility of FCA Litigation, says Fourth Circuit
The Fourth Circuit recently held, in an unpublished opinion, that the anti-retaliation or “whistleblower” provisions of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) protect an individual’s efforts to stop a contractor from…
Technology Law Dispatch
ICO Responds to the ePrivacy Directive Consultation
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Kate Brimsted, Chantelle Taylor
In April, we reported that the European Commission had opened a public consultation seeking the views of various stakeholders on the current wording of, and possible changes to, the Privacy…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Advocate General Finds Member States May Not Breach EU Laws Over Electronic Communications Retention
On July 19, 2016, Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Oe published his Opinion on two cases that sought to establish whether a general obligation to retain data is compatible with the fundamental…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Controversy looms over ECPA amendment in wake of Orlando terrorist attack
After the terrorist attack in Orlando, Florida, early this month, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) has been discussed quite a bit. The ECPA, a law which took effect in…
Technology's Legal Edge
UK – Proposals to Reform the Electronic Communications Code
By Mike Conradi
By Rob Shaw, Senior Associate and Ben Rogers, Legal Director - DLA Piper Proposals for reform of the Code have gathered pace recently; on Tuesday the Department of Culture, Media…
Matrimonial Matters
What Does the Ghomeshi Trial Have To Do with Family Law?
By Marie Keeler
By Douglas J. Manning, Partner, Certified Specialist in Family Law There certainly has been a lot of media attention and commentary about the process and evidence in the criminal trial…