On May 20, 2013, the New Jersey Assembly passed – by a vote of 77 to 0 – a revised bill barring employers from seeking access to employees’ social media accounts. The bill incorporates changes suggested by Governor Chris Christie, including the elimination of a private cause of action. Instead,…
In a 33-1 vote, on May 13, the state Senate approved Senator Mark Leno’s bill that would require state law enforcement officials to obtain a search warrant before asking service providers to disclose the contents of their customers’ emails. This approval came after Senator Leno agreed to allow for…
California Senator Mark Leno recently introduced Senate Bill 467, a bill that would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation prohibiting a government entity from obtaining the contents of a wire or electronic communication from a provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service. California Penal Code…
Why do you need to act urgently even if you feel your data handling is compliant? If you are a US headquartered company do you need to bother with these new EU laws and significant changes proposed? 2013 has already seen the frenetic pace of change from last year continue…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Path Inc. to Settle Charges Over Collecting Kids’ Data Path Inc., a maker of a popular social networking app, agreed to an $800,000 settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over charges it…
On January 10, 2013, the President signed the Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments Act of 2012 into law. The 2013 Act amends the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (18 USC 2710), which prohibited the sharing or disclosure of video rental history. The 1988 Act was prompted due to the…
On October 30, 2012, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris issued a press release regarding a new enforcement effort involving California’s Online Privacy Protection Act, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 22575-22579 (“CalOPPA”). CalOPPA requires that “an operator of a commercial Web site or online service that collects personally identifiable…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Bait and Switch? @TextInstagram Transfers Followers to Personal Account The creator of viral parody Twitter handle @TextInstagram is in hot water after he transformed the account into a personal account, @JoshHelfferich. …
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Mobile Game Fight Goes Global A turf war is breaking out in the videogame industry and, for once, it has nothing to do with Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony. This fight…
A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Social network LinkedIn reports stolen passwords Business social network LinkedIn said Wednesday that some of its users’ passwords have been stolen and leaked onto the Internet. LinkedIn Corp. did not say…