US Information Security and Privacy Board Expresses Concerns about Management...
The US Information Security and Privacy Board (ISPAB) voiced concerns over potential harms resulting from a lack of controlled management of cybersecurity in wireless medical devices in response to the...
View ArticleNew Jersey Restricts Employer Access to Employees’ Personal Online Accounts
New Jersey has enacted restrictions on the ability of employers to access employees’ social media accounts, becoming the twelfth state to enact such legislation. More than 30 state legislatures have...
View ArticleNew Opinion Examines Terminated Employee’s Access to Confidential Information
A Virginia federal court opinion issued this week illustrates the hazards of allowing employees to retain access to confidential company information after they learn of their termination. On November...
View ArticlePetitions to Forbear or Clarify New FCC TCPA Rules Filed
Earlier today, two entities — the Direct Marketing Association (“DMA”) and a Coalition of Mobile Engagement Providers (“Coalition”) — filed petitions at the FCC asking the agency to stay and forbear...
View ArticleCourts Diverge on the Tests for Anonymous Online Speech
For more than a decade, a New Jersey appellate court’s opinion guided courts nationwide as they determined whether to enforce subpoenas for the identities of anonymous online speakers. But in 2013,...
View ArticleVirginia Court Scales Back Right to Online Anonymity
The Virginia Court of Appeals held this week that Internet users who may have posted fake reviews of companies do not have a right to remain anonymous. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning in Alexandria, Va., filed...
View ArticleJournalists Nationwide Face Surge of Subpoenas in Federal and State Courts
Reporters nationwide have faced a flurry of subpoenas in recent months, calling into question whether journalists can guarantee confidentiality to sources. The repeated attempts to force journalists...
View ArticleDo We Have a Right to Online Anonymity? Depends On Which Judge You Ask
The Edward Snowden leaks have forced Americans to question whether the government monitors their online activities. But intelligence-gathering is not the only government threat to Internet privacy:...
View ArticleAnnual FCC CPNI Certification Due by March 1
Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Enforcement Bureau issued a reminder that annual CPNI certifications for calendar year 2013 must be filed with the FCC by March 1, 2014. The...
View ArticleAT&T Challenges FTC Jurisdiction Over Non-Common Carrier Activities of Common...
As we previously reported, in October 2014 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against AT&T in federal court alleging that AT&T’s “throttling” practices for mobile broadband...
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