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National Law Journal

US Justice Dept. Wins 'WhatsApp' Surveillance Order on Appeal

A Washington federal judge this month granted the U.S. Justice Department permission to surveil a WhatsApp account as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, a decision that overruled a magistrate judge.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Insurer Pays Nearly $600K to Resolve Data Breach That Exposed SSNs

New York City-based health care provider EmblemHealth has agreed to pay $575,000 to the state of New York to settle allegations that it inadvertently disclosed the Social Security numbers of more than 81,000 people.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Privacy Practices Every Company Should Address in Wake of Action Against PayPal

Privacy is serious business. This was made clear in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) recent announcement that it had settled its complaint against Venmo, PayPal's peer-to-peer payment service, for misrepresentations to consumers regarding privacy and security settings.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Discoverability of Non-Public Information on Social Media

In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. discuss 'Forman v. Henkin', a unanimous decision in which the court held that the normal rules of discovery applied to a party's social media posts and the mere fact that certain information had been designated “private” did not require a higher or different discovery standard.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Yahoo Faces Punitive Damages Over Data Breaches

Yahoo Inc. will face punitive damages over data breaches that affected more than 3 billion email user accounts after a federal judge refused to dismiss most of the claims.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

University-Developed Polisis App Tackles Cumbersome Privacy Policies

For both consumers and corporate users such as attorneys, Polisis shows users which data are being collected, for what reasons, and what options the user has for controlling data collection.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Google, at the Supreme Court, Defends Settlement That Would Leave Class With Pennies

Google Inc. tells the U.S. Supreme Court there was nothing unfair or unreasonable about the tech company's $8.5 million settlement of a privacy class action in which $5.3 million of the funds go to third parties and none to members of the class. Class members—more than 100 million Google users—each would have received 4 cents, court records show. The Google settlement directs settlement funds to be distributed proportionally to six recipients that are devoted to web privacy.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

For Lawyers, the Cease and Desist Letter Is the New Press Release

For the longest time, the life of a lawyer's cease and desist letter was an unpleasant one. For one, the letter was typically written too quickly to allow for important considerations such as, oh, readability and persuasion.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Revives Data Breach Claims Against Zappos

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday found that 24 million Zappos.com customers subject to a 2012 hack had standing because of the “imminent” risk of identity theft.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Baker & Hostetler Lands Data Security Trio as LeClairRyan Shutters Atlanta Office

Partners John Hutchins, Chris Wiech and Janine Anthony Bowen have left LeClairRyan three years after launching the firm's Atlanta office.
3 minute read

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