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Website Privacy Policy: Time Waster?

Internet Lawyer — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:02:42 +0000

Did you know it would take you about a month to read all of the privacy policies for the websites you will visit in 2012? Frankly, that’s ridiculous…and one of the reasons why some people don’t read website privacy policies. However, you’re often giving up important legal rights under these privacy policies. Many talk about [...]

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CISPA: Just say no to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act

Internet Lawyer — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:50:21 +0000

Sponsoring the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA) Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Michigan) is competing to see if he is more evil than SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith (R – Texas). The bill’s stated purpose is… [t]oprovide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and [...]

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FTC Issues Privacy Best Practices Report

Internet Lawyer — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:43:26 +0000

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) weighed in with a privacy “best practices” report. 112 pages that you might find helpful or at least “cure” insomnia. In a nutshell… Creating a “framework” with “principles”, the FTC seems to be punting on the issue of privacy except where there are really outrageous deceptive acts. Why? * [...]

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Internet privacy bill of rights is BS

Internet Lawyer — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:32:27 +0000

Internet privacy whiners are like the Occupy Wall Street idiots. They want companies to invest billions developing products and services to make their lives better. However, they don’t want to pay for any of it. The coin of the cyber realm is often your personal information in exchange for what’s offered by Google, Facebook, and [...]

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Privacy Policy Alert

Internet Lawyer — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:19:56 +0000

Just a quick heads up to let you know that California’s Attorney General has forced some of the big companies (Apple, Amazon, Google, HP, etc.) into requiring mobile app developers to have privacy policies for their apps. This was based on a California privacy law requirement. The state’s stance seems to be that if you’ve [...]

International Telecommunication Union and Internet Secession

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:03:46 +0000

Hate Internet censorship? What about Internet taxes and regulation? As noted by Robert McDowell in The U.N. Threat to Internet Freedom, if the bureaucrats at the United Nations have their way, you’ll be getting a lot more of all three under the auspices of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Think of the inefficiency of the [...]

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Google, Safari, and Internet Privacy

Internet Lawyer — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:01:47 +0000

As noted by David Moth in Google’s Internet privacy row with Apple highlights problems with EU cookie laws, “Safari blocks websites from using cookies without user consent, but Google’s code circumvented this by making the browser think that the user was interacting with the web page by filling out a form.” Internet privacy related laws [...]

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Google Privacy Policies and You

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:34:56 +0000

It appears that Google is in the process of streamlining its privacy policies for its services (YouTube, Gmail, Google Search, Google Analytics etc.) and will use the data it obtains on you as a user of its multiple platforms to deliver content. This includes behavioral targeted advertising. Some privacy advocates are having a hissy fit [...]

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7 Internet Law Predictions for 2012

Internet Lawyer — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:05:29 +0000

1. Hollywood Retreats The entertainment industry thought it had bought enough politicians, plus foolish support by GoDaddy (now retracted), to ram through SOPA/PIPA legislation. Pretending to be about property rights, this horrible legislation would cripple ecommerce while allowing politicians in power to crush free speech online. Now that Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc. are fighting back, [...]

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Liability Risks For Businesses That Provide Free Wi-Fi to Customers

Internet Laws Editor — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:10:21 +0000

What have companies done to increase business? In an increasingly online world, many companies throughout the country have enticed customers into doing business by offering free internet access. For example, coffee shops, automotive repair centers, and restaurants have all considered it economically advantageous to offer customers access to the internet as a means of getting [...]

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Google’s Website Privacy Principles

Internet Laws Editor — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:54:04 +0000

Why did Google post its website privacy principles online? In a time where governments, privacy watch groups, and concerned individuals worry about the capability large internet companies have to store information about their users, Google has posted its website privacy principles online. Specific concerns have existed concerning Google’s policy of not deleting any of the [...]

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Internet Privacy and Facebook Facial Recognition Software

Internet Laws Editor — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:52:10 +0000

What does facial recognition software do? A Carnegie Mellon University researcher recently proved the extent to which a person’s facial features alone can access information about that person. Assembling a database of around 25,000 pictures acquired by Facebook, this researcher was able to identify individuals walking past him on a university campus with an astounding [...]

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Are Cartoons Cyberstalking, Internet Defamation, or Free Speech?

Internet Laws Editor — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:20:57 +0000

Internet cartoons equal cyberstalking? The Renton, WA police department sought to prosecute an internet user who posted an insulting video about the police department under the screen name Mr. Fiddlesticks. The alleged crime? Cyberstalking. To assist them in their pursuit of the internet user, the Renton police department recently obtained a search warrant that orders [...]

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Groupon Privacy Policy Modified

Internet Laws Editor — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:09:35 +0000

What Groupon privacy policy changes were made? The Groupon privacy policy was recently modified. The company sent an email to each of its 83 million subscribers describing a change in regard to this privacy policy. Specifically, the new change explains that under the modified Groupon privacy policy, the company will begin collecting and making use [...]

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Google Plus Privacy Policy: What You Should Know

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:08:59 +0000

Google Plus Privacy Because I’m an Internet lawyer, I decided to test out the new Google Plus Privacy. You can click the link in the prior sentence to see my Google+ profile as an example. After the company’s privacy fiasco with Buzz last year, the new Google+ goes out of its way to explain privacy [...]

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Canada Lawful Access Bill and Internet Spying

Internet Lawyer — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:55:53 +0000

What does the Canada Lawful Access bill propose to do? Canada’s Conservative political party asserted that it wants to pass a Canada Lawful Access bill, which it claims will crack down on crime. For almost 10 years, there have been failed attempts to pass such a bill but this time there’s a good chance of [...]

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Outted by Twitter

Internet Lawyer — Sun, 29 May 2011 21:20:08 +0000

This is significant to your Internet attorney and your business too. Twitter has just revealed the identity of a Twitter user, including his personal contact information. Here’s what happened… A local British government sued in California. Twitter caved and gave out the Tweeter’s name and contact information. Twitter “passed the name, email address and telephone [...]

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Good privacy law news for website owners

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:27:25 +0000

Here’s something your Internet lawyer probably doesn’t see every day. A California federal judge threw out of court a class-action privacy lawsuit filed against an ad network. Why was the case tossed? The judge couldn’t see how the plaintiffs could show they were harmed by the Adobe Flash tracking cookies installed on their computers. To [...]

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Court says no to Twitter social media secrets

Internet Lawyer — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:07:30 +0000

As an Internet attorney, I don’t find it surprising that courts are giving the government access to personal information associated with social media accounts like Twitter and Facebook. This means lawyers are probably going to get their hands on the same type of information in any lawsuits against you. Here’s the latest example… The U.S. [...]

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Do Not Track Me Online Act of 2011: Jackie Speier

Internet Lawyer — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:05:52 +0000

Firing another shot in the do-not-track Internet privacy battle, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) introduced the Do Not Track Me Online Act of 2011. The decision by Microsoft, Mozilla, and Google to add do-not-track options to their respective Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome web browsers was never going to be enough for Congress. I’ve included the text [...]

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