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Tracking Technologies
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Technology Law Dispatch
Updated Draft of ePrivacy Regulation: Still Hampering Innovation
By Dr. Andreas Splittgerber, Sven Schonhofen
On 8 September 2017, the European Council published its first revisions (“Revised Draft”) to the draft EU ePrivacy Regulation (version COM(2017) 10 of 10 January 2017, “ePrivacy Regulation”). The Revised…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
TrustE Pays $100,000 with NYS for Failing to Protect Children’s Websites
On April 6, 2017, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (AG) announced that he has settled an investigation against TrustE for alleged violations of failing to adequately prevent illegal tracking…
Inside Privacy
UK Supreme Court Will Hear Google’s Appeal in Important Privacy Case
The UK Supreme Court has granted Google the right to appeal part of the English and Welsh Court of Appeal’s notable ruling in Google Inc. v. Vidal-Hall & Ors [2015]…
Technology Law Dispatch
Google loses its appeal in ‘David v Goliath’ Safari tracking case opening the door for a substantial class action
The UK Court of Appeal found that individuals can be awarded compensation for breaches of data protection laws even where no financial damage exists. In a case where Google sought…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FTC Reaches Settlement in First Enforcement Action Against a Retail Tracking Company
On April 23, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Nomi Technologies has agreed to settle charges stemming from allegations that the company misled consumers with respect to their ability…
The Right Coast
Tracking is pretty fast and good and bad
My wife sent an email to my siblings regarding late life care for my mom, using gmail. Now, ads show up in the banner of my blog (facing me) for…
Professional Liability Advocate
Surf’s Up: The Wave of High-profile Privacy Class Actions
Businesses have revolutionized the way they reach customers. Through computers, smart phones, iPads and a host of other technologies, we can now make purchasing decisions from the comfort of our…
The Right Coast
Yahoo Won t Honor Do Not Track Requests From Users – Digits – WSJ
In a company blog post titled, Yahoo s Default = a Personalized Experience, Yahoo s privacy team said this week that it would ignore do not track signals that users…
Technology Law Dispatch
State Attorneys General Maintain Sharp Focus on Privacy
By Mark S. Melodia, Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
Though the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Presidential Initiative “Privacy in a Digital Age” expired in June 2013 when a new NAAG president took over, the state attorneys general…
Inside Privacy
New Offline Tracking Methods Come to Airports
By Nigel Howard
While online “tracking” using cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies has captured the attention of regulators and the plaintiffs’ bar over the last decade, recent articles in Forbes and the…