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Mobile Privacy
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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…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Mobile Phone Privacy Case
The United States Supreme Court has just agreed to hear the case of a Detroit man who was sentenced to 116 years in prison after data from his own cellular…
In-House Ops
The E-discovery implications of BYOD: Clear policies are a must when employees take control of mobile devices
By: Sarah Sawyer, Inventus, LLC The use of mobile devices in the workplace is an ever-evolving practice. When organizations first started taking advantage of increasing mobile technology, particularly cellphones and…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Apple & Google are among 8 mobile device companies the FTC ordered to disclose security update practices
By Peter Vogel
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) “is seeking to compile data concerning policies, procedures, and practices for providing security updates to mobile devices offered by unnamed persons, partnerships, corporations, or others…
China Law Insight
中国工信部拟发布相关规定加强对移动电话/设备预置应用软件的监管
By King & Wood
作者：韦理察 金杜律师事务所知识产权部 中国消费者在购买和使用移动电话/设备（包括智能手机、智能平板电脑以及智能手表）时常常发现这些电话/设备安装有预置的应用软件。这些应用软件可能对实现电话/设备的功能有重要的作用，或者也可能是制造商/经销商为了向用户提供增值服务/功能而安装的。但是，中国用户对于这些电话/设备中的某些预置应用软件的担忧也在日益增长，一些用户称这些应用软件可能具备一些他们并不想要的功能，例如监视甚至窃取他们的个人信息或者产生不必要的流量。这些用户希望在购买时可以首先被告知这些应用软件的存在，并且需要时可以删除这些软件。目前在一些案件中，已有就这些预置应用软件而提起的诉讼。在这种情况下，中国政府针对预置应用软件出台指导性法规也就不足为奇了，下文将对此进行论述。 全文阅读，请点击此处。
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Comment period for NIST guide “Model Device Security” coming to a close
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has announced that the comment period for the draft NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide “Mobile Device Security: Cloud& Hybrid Builds” will close on January…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Supreme Court denies cert in case involving cell location privacy rights
On July 31, 2015, Quartavious Davis petitioned for certiorari in Davis v. United States, No. 15-146, asking (1) whether the acquisition of a cell phone user’s location data from his…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
NIST releases draft guide for use of mobile devices for medical providers
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity center released a draft guide last week for health IT professionals to use to bolster security for the use of mobile…
Covington Digital Health
Comments Requested on Draft Guide on Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (“NCCoE”) has released a draft for public comment of the first guide in a new series of publications “that will show businesses and other…
Proskauer on Privacy
Digital Advertising Alliance Will Begin Enforcing Its Mobile Privacy Guidance in September
On Thursday, the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) announced that it will enforce its previously issued “Application of Self-Regulatory Principles to the Mobile Environment” (the “Mobile Guidance”) beginning September 1, 2015.…