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Cobb Jury OKs Secret GPS Tracking by Private Eyes

After a Walton County woman discovered that a private investigator hired by her boss's wife had surreptitiously placed a tracking device under her car in order to trail her, her lawyer was certain a jury would view it as an illegal invasion of privacy. Not in Cobb County. After a two-day trial this month that Atlanta attorney Charles Bachman said devolved into a character assassination of plaintiff Melissa Atkins over allegations of an ultimately unproven affair, a Cobb County jury cleared Marietta private eye firm TFP Co. of all liability.
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Legaltech News

What Companies Need to Know About California Privacy Risk Mitigation

Companies should implement a privacy compliance program (or add California privacy law considerations to an existing program). Here's what they should entail.
16 minute read

New York Law Journal

Gambles v. Sterling Infosystems, Inc.

By | February 21, 2017
FCRA Privacy Rights Suit Over Background Report's False Information Not Dismissed
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Data Breach Class Action Plaintiffs Receive Article III Standing

Third Circuit finds alleged Fair Credit Reporting Act violation sufficient to confer Article III standing to data breach class action plaintiffs.
14 minute read

Legaltech News

District Judge, Set to Rule on Online Actor-Age Law, Spars With Its Defenders

U.S District Judge Vince Chhabria made clear Thursday morning that he thought the law violated the First Amendment, although he held off ruling from the bench.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Will the Trump Administration Take US-EU Data Protection Disputes to the WTO?

Boris Segalis, Mia Havel and Sonia Lee of Norton Rose Fulbright write: Many point to the Trump administration's focus on trade deals (and threats to renegotiate or withdraw from them) as the potential battleground for a data transfer skirmish, but the new administration has another weapon its arsenal—seeking a WTO sanction against the EU for discriminatory trade practices.
18 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Blocks Privacy Suit Over Warriors App

The ruling from an Oakland federal judge is the first to deal with privacy issues related to beacon technology used in apps.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

Can User Behavior Analytics Do a Better Job of Protecting Your Data?

The bulk of spending on cybersecurity in large organizations has been toward perimeter tools like firewalls. And yet the relentless pace of major data breaches has shown no signs of letting up.
18 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Taps Plaintiffs Firms to Lead Yahoo Data Breach Cases

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh picked a five-firm coalition led by lawyers in Florida, California, New York and Minnesota.
12 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Departing FTC Consumer Protection Chief Talks 26-Year Career, and Change Ahead

The FTC's Jessica Rich spearheaded rules protecting children's online privacy and sensitive financial information. And as the chief of the consumer protection bureau, she oversaw a $200 million settlement with Herbalife and took enforcement actions against Apple Inc. and Amazon Inc. After 26 years at the agency, she's leaving. But not retiring. We caught up with Rich this week about her long career—what's up next.
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