This article briefly discusses a couple of the issues that face big data companies in the area of privacy law, and points out the increasing difficulty such companies will face from increase governmental regulation.
This article discusses the recent Supreme Judicial Court opinion that ruled that retailers who collect ZIP codes from customers who used credit cards violated Massachusetts' privacy and consumer protection laws.
After receiving a marketing email from much-maligned trademark search/registration website Trademarkia I set out to write a post about the danger of marketing that looks like it's coming from an official source. After doing a little digging, I became...
I take a look at a recent Library of Congress blog post announcing the completion of their Twitter archive and discuss the implications of having ready access to a complete archive of tweets that can't be erased.
I take a look through Instagram's new (now abandoned) terms of service to determine what the changes mean legally and what that means for users.
This article discusses best practices for drafting a privacy policy for your startup's website or application, identifying the key points of information your policy should convey to users.
If your startup's business revolves around its website, this article discusses the importance of having a well-drafted terms of service that can protect your business from costly liabilities and litigation, and also discusses some tips to ensure that...
This article briefly explains the recent Massachusetts Superior Court decision Falmouth Firefighters Union v. Town of Falmouth regarding employers' right to access employee company email accounts and employees' reasonable expectations of privacy and...
This article discusses a recent decision by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals that the copying of a proprietary computerized trading system program from Goldman Sachs did not fall under the statutory definition of theft in the National Stolen Property...
One of the most common complaints against Facebook is that it is often cavalier with its users' data. This raises obvious privacy concerns, and the Federal Trade Commission had been investigating Facebook for some of these privacy flubs. ...