byod, confidentiality, employee privacy, privacy, social media, workplace
Live-Streaming Apps; What We Aren't Talking About
By Jamie Rubin on June 09, 2015
New California Regulation Regarding Minors Is Coming: Are You Ready? Part 1 – The “Eraser Button” Provisions
By Justine Young Gottshall on April 17, 2014
contests, official rules, promotions, social media platforms, sweepstakes
Pitfalls and Complications in Running a New-Media Promotion
By Benjamin Stein on March 26, 2014
advertising, Apps, blurring, CARU, Children's Advertising Review Unit, COPPA, Mobile
CARU IS WATCHING YOUR…APPS
By Jamie Rubin on March 18, 2014
contests, Facebook, privacy, social media, sweepstakes
Sweepstakes and Contests Now Easier To Run on Facebook
By Jamie Rubin on August 27, 2013
Arkansas, social media
Arkansas Becomes Seventh State to Enact Employer Social Media Law; Questions Arise Regarding Supervisor-Employee Connections
By InfoLawGroup LLP on May 03, 2013
FFIEC, social networking
FFIEC Social Media Guidance Public Comment Revelations
By InfoLawGroup LLP on March 28, 2013
THE FTC UPDATES ITS .COM DISCLOSURES GUIDANCE -- Focus on Mobile and Space-Constraints; Frowns Upon Certain Common Practices
By Jamie Rubin on March 18, 2013
discovery, ediscovery, social media
Court Ordered Criminal Defense Lawyer to Take Down YouTube Video of Client
By InfoLawGroup LLP on February 27, 2013
discovery, ediscovery, electronic discovery, privacy, social media
Defendant Not Entitled to "Delve Carte Blanche" Into Plaintiff's Social Media Accounts
By InfoLawGroup LLP on January 04, 2013
Do Not Call Regulations, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, privacy, social media
FTC Report: Mobile Apps For Kids Not Making The Grade (NOTE: Not Just A Privacy Report)
By Jamie Rubin on December 19, 2012
copyright
Pinterest’s Accounts and Terms of Service for Businesses and their Potential Impact on Sweepstakes, Contests, and Other Promotions
By InfoLawGroup LLP on November 27, 2012
Do Not Call Regulations, NLRB, social media
Employers Must Consider Social Media Risks to Life and Limb, Not Just Pocketbook
By InfoLawGroup LLP on September 10, 2012
CAN-SPAM, DMCA, Nihar Shah, social media, Terms of Service
Social Media Networks Seek to Control Use of Their Products Through TOS Enforcement
By InfoLawGroup LLP on April 27, 2012
This is significant because in the past, platforms have utilized federal laws such as CAN-SPAM, which prohibits sending misleading electronic communications, to punish the most egregious spammers. If Twitter prevails in this lawsuit, it puts all users on notice that there is monetary liability for breaching a platform's TOS, which significantly expands the ability of a social media company to reign in prohibited activity by users.
behavioral analytics, behavioral marketing, behavorial advertising, cookies, EU, European Union, Google, international, Privacy Policy
European Criticism for Google's New Privacy Policy
By W. Scott Blackmer on February 28, 2012
Google's new privacy policy (and its plans to create user profiles across multiple online services) has drawn fire from European data protection authorities. Online and mobile retailers and service providers should take account of a renewed emphasis on transparency and proportionality in collecting data about users.
Facebook, LinkedIn, privacy, Security, security breach, security measures, social media, social network, trade secrets, twitter
The Legal Implications of Social Networking Part Three: Data Security
By InfoLawGroup LLP on January 09, 2012
In 2011, InfoLawGroup began its "Legal Implications" series for social media by posting Part One (The Basics) and Part Two (Privacy). In this post (Part Three), we explore how security concerns and legal risk arise and interact in the social media environment.There are three main security-related issues that pose potential security-related legal risk. First, to the extent that employees are accessing and using social media sites from company computers (or increasingly from personal computers connected to company networks or storing sensitive company data), malware, phishing and social engineering attacks could result in security breaches and legal liability. Second, spoofing and impersonation attacks on social networks could pose legal risks. In this case, the risk includes fake fan pages or fraudulent social media personas that appear to be legitimately operated. Third, information leakage is a risk in the social media context that could result in an adverse business and legal impact when confidential information is compromised.
California, economic, followers, Fox News, Kravitz, Phonedog, social media, trade secrets, twitter, value
Twitter Followers = Trade Secrets?
By InfoLawGroup LLP on January 06, 2012
Phonedog v. Kravitz, currently pending in the Northern District of California, raises unprecedented issues regarding social media. Is a list of Twitter followers protected as trade secret under California law? What is the value of a Twitter follower? $2.50 per month? I discussed these questions today with Fox News.
social media
InfoLawGroup and ACE USA Social Media Risk Podcast
By InfoLawGroup LLP on December 16, 2011
advertising, marketing, Media, promotions, social networking
Google+ Pages Allow Linking, but Not Hosting Promotions
By Heather Nolan on November 14, 2011
Facebook, FTC, privacy, privacy notice, social media, social network, twitter
The Legal Implications of Social Networking Part Two: Privacy
By InfoLawGroup LLP on October 17, 2011
As social media and networking continue to revolutionize modern-day marketing and become the norm for organizations of all types, shapes and sizes, it is even more important to adequately address the legal risks associated with social media use. In Part One of our Legal Implications series, we laid out some background and identified key areas of legal risk. In the next few posts InfoLawGroup is going to look deeper at some of these risks. In this post we explore some of the privacy legal issues that companies should address if they want to leverage social media.