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Data Law Insights
Supreme Court to Hear Major Cellphone Privacy Case
Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced that it will hear a case with significant ramifications for privacy in the digital age. The case involves a man convicted of armed robbery based…
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San Francisco’s Mass Transit Agency Accused of Illegally Collecting and Transmitting Smart Phone Data Through Security App
By Bradley Dlatt, Jason Gordon
San Francisco’s public transportation agency and the creator of the agency’s suspicious activity reporting smart phone application have been accused of illegally collecting, tracking, and storing users’ personal information and…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Recent FTC Consent Decree with InMobi for Unlawful Geolocational Tracking Provides Insight for App Developers
Recently in United States v. InMobi Pte Ltd., the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) set a new standard for geolocational tracking. The FTC told app developers and app marketers one simple…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #43 – Pokémon players: Beware
By Linn Foster Freedman, Kathryn Rattigan, Guest Contributor
This article co-authored with guest blogger Leonel Gonzalez, a R+C summer associate and student at Roger Williams University School of Law Pokémon GO has been downloaded 7.5 million times in the U.S.…
Media Law Prof Blog
Negotiating Rights To Use Spatial Data
Teresa Scassa, University of Ottawa, Common Law Section, is publishing Navigating Legal Rights in Spatial Media in Understanding Spatial Media (Kitchin, Lauriault, & Wilson, eds., Sage Publishing, 2016). Here is…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #3 – Know how apps are accessing and using your constant location
Everyone loves their smartphone. Everyone loves the newest app. Angry Birds has lots of company now. But most people don't know the back end of apps and how they are…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Foursquare’s new ‘Pinpoint’ product will use geolocational data to send targeted advertisements to your mobile device
While Foursquare’s new product, Pinpoint, surely isn’t the only technology tracking your location these days, with the release of this new product, businesses can transmit targeted advertising depending on an…
Socially Aware Blog
Status Updates
By Morrison & Foerster’s Social Media Practice Group
Buy local. Facebook has just announced that it’s going to provide hyper-local advertising services for merchants who want to reach consumers in very specific geographic areas. This new feature reportedly…
Inside Privacy
FTC Settles Charges Against Flashlight App Maker
Yesterday, the FTC announced a settlement with Goldenshores Technologies, a company that makes the most-downloaded flashlight app on the Android platform. The FTC alleged that Goldenshores violated Section 5 of…
Technology Law Dispatch
Third Circuit Says Warrants Required for GPS Tracking
This post was also written by Frederick Lah. Earlier this month, the Third Circuit held in U.S. v. Katzin that a search warrant is required before the government may use a…