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Famous last words. How many times has a company told you they would never sell your personal information, in order to get you to sign up, give them your name, your email, your phone number? It sounds …
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In a previous post, I wrote about a new California law addressing online privacy rights of minors. That law (California Business & Professions Code Section 22580 to 22582), which took effect on …
You might think that only companies that operate websites directed at children need to worry about complying with COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. A recent case involving Yelp, the …
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In my last post, I discussed how to determine if your website or mobile app collects personal information from children under the age of 13, which would make it subject to the Children's Online …
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Today I start a multi-part series on compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, commonly known as "COPPA." COPPA is a federal law governing the online privacy rights of children …
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A fast-growing area of employment law is the subject of employer access to the social media accounts of employees and applicants. Since the first legislation on the subject passed in 2012, 16 states …
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In this post, I wrote about the first five out of ten common startup mistakes. Now I will continue with the next five common startup mistakes. Number 6 – Ignoring Securities Laws When a startup …
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I recently posted Privacy Policy 101, discussing some basic elements of a website's privacy policy. Now that the California Attorney General's office has released an important policy statement on …
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The massive data breach at the big box retailer Target that happened in late 2013 has focused a great deal of attention on privacy issues. Just this month, Target's CEO lost his job as a result of …
Today the highest court in the European Union decided that Google must grant EU-based users of its search engine a right to delete links about themselves in some cases, including links to legal …
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