Topic
mobile apps
340 published works
Inside Privacy
FTC Releases Online Tool to Help Health App Developers Identify Applicable Laws
A new post on the Covington eHealth blog discusses the new web-based interactive tool released by the FTC, in conjunction with HHS and the FDA, to assist mobile health app…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
There’s An App For That Health Information – But is it HIPAA-Covered?
“Maybe” is the take-away from recent guidance posted on OCR’s mHealth Developer Portal, making me wonder whether the typical health app user will know when her health information is or…
Technology Law Dispatch
Mobile apps and data protection, the ICO revisits
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Chantelle Taylor
Given the widespread popularity and quotidian usage of mobile apps, the issue of privacy should not be forgotten. Last year the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) conducted a thorough privacy review…
Ad Law Access
Can You Hear Me Now? Audio Snooping Triggers FTC Warning to Mobile App Developers
This week, a dozen mobile app developers received warning letters from the FTC concerning audio monitoring software used in their apps, but not clearly disclosed to consumers. The app developers…
Global Media and Communications Watch
The end of a golden age for China’s mobile app market?
By Maggie Shen
China has finally made a move to regulate the smart mobile devices applications (Mobile Apps) industry, which has been on fire for many years but has experienced certain “growing pains”…
Socially Aware Blog
Our List of Lists
January is the month when lists—lists of predictions, lists of trends, lists of feats and lists of failures—pervade social media newsfeeds and publications’ headlines. Here at Socially Aware we’re making…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FTC Issues COPPA Settlements Against Mobile App Operators
On December 17, 2015, the FTC announced a pair of COPPA settlements against operators of child-direct mobile apps available for download in the major app stores. These cases are the…
China Law Insight
打车软件在监管时代的模式挑战
By King & Wood
作者：楼仙英 魏子熙 金杜律师事务所公司证券部 近两年打车软件蓬勃发展，越来越多的人用手机软件来代替路边扬招，而“专车”更已成为一种新的出行习惯。2015年10月10日，交通运输部对外公布了《关于深化改革进一步推进出租汽车行业健康发展的指导意见》（以下简称《指导意见》）和《网络预约出租汽车经营服务管理暂行办法》（以下简称《暂行办法》）的征求意见稿。上述规定在肯定业务形态的同时，对目前打车软件市场运营模式的各个方面进行了规制，现有的操作方式将面临改变。 全文阅读，请点击此处。
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Users of free mobile apps not protected by Video Privacy Protection Act
Significantly, the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion on October 9th that consumers who download and use free mobile apps do not fall within the definition of a “subscriber” under the…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Important Circuit Court Ruling Limits Scope of VPPA Liability
The Eleventh Circuit issued a notable ruling this week limiting a mobile app’s liability under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), 18 U.S.C. § 2710, a law enacted in 1988…