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mobile apps
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #338 – Be Aware of Apps Infected with Malware
Like all technology, mobile apps can be infected with malicious code, or malware, which is intended to gain access to your mobile phone when you download the app. Although app…
Inside Privacy
German Federal Office for Information Security Publishes Security Requirements for Healthcare Apps
By Kristof Van Quathem, Anna Sophia Oberschelp de Meneses
On June 23, 2022, the German Federal Office for Information Security (“Office”) published technical guidelines on security requirements for healthcare apps, including mobile apps, web apps, and background systems. Although…
Inside Global Tech
NTIA Seeks Comment on Competition in the Mobile App Marketplace
By Yaron Dori, Terrell McSweeny
On Friday, April 22, 2022, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which is part of the Department of Commerce, issued a request for comment (RFC) on the state of…
Future Lawyer
Valentine’s Day? There’s An App For That.
By rickgeorges
Smartphones have come a long way. But, too much tech can be annoying. Related StoriesThe Real Story Of Valentine's Day - It Isn't About Undying Love.Fahrenheit 451 Has Nothing On…
SALT Shaker
New York issues advisory opinion that creation and maintenance of mobile apps are nontaxable
By Jonathan Feldman, Jeremy Gove, Eversheds Sutherland SALT
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance recently released advisory opinion TSB-A-20(70)S, concluding that a taxpayer’s service of creating and hosting websites and applications (apps) for mobile devices is…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
The FCO’s Interim Report on Mobile Apps
On July 29, 2021, the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) published the results of its sector inquiry into mobile apps,[1] finding severe deficiencies regarding the information provided to app users…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #293 – Location, Location, Location-Based Services
This is not the first post discussing location-based services on mobile phones [see posts here]. And it won’t be the last. After reading my colleague’s post on the priest who…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #291 – Cryptomining Apps Offer Fake Services for a Fee
Although app platforms guard against fake apps, criminals are working hard to get around app platform rules to scam victims out of a cryptobuck. Apple and Google throw apps off…
Perkins on Privacy
China Proposes Draft Regulations for the Protection of Personal Information Collected Via Mobile Applications
By Perkins Coie
On April 26, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration for Market Regulation, jointly released…
China Law Insight
China’s Protecting Privacy on Apps
By King & Wood
In recent years, China has been continually strengthening the privacy rights of Chinese citizens. Most of the privacy measures have been aimed at how corporations collect, use and interact with…