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IP|Trend: Keeping Your Start-Up Compliant
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An Overview of the 2014 Class Action Survey
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The past few years have seen a sharp increase in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) across a variety of industries and workplaces. Many businesses have implemented AI to help streamline the recruitment and hiring process...more
Key Points - The Senate has passed landmark children’s online privacy and safety legislation via a near-unanimous vote shortly before departing for the August recess. The bill is comprised of revised versions of the Kids...more
On May 9, 2024, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed HB 603, the Maryland Age-Appropriate Design Code (Maryland AADC). The Maryland AADC builds on Maryland’s Online Data Privacy Act, which was signed into law the same day and...more
In the current age of social media, employers have begun to increasingly rely on digital platforms to screen prospective employees. In an effort to address the growing concerns over privacy and the use of social media in...more
A periodic feature by Cornerstone Research, in which our affiliated experts, senior advisors, and professionals, talk about their research and findings. We interview Professor Donna Hoffman of the GW School of Business at...more
Account security and digital identity have been hot topics for regulators and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The government has been promoting multifactor authentication (MFA) and innovation in...more
As discussed in our sister blog, CARU’s revised Ad Guidelines go into effect on January 1, 2022. While the core principles of the guidelines have not changed, they now include new content to account for today’s advertising...more
Intending to strengthen the privacy of consumers’ online data, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Kennedy (R-LA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Richard Burr (R-NC) have reintroduced the Social Media Privacy Protection and...more
It is a good time to review your website and its accompanying terms and conditions and privacy policies. From year to year, the legal landscape evolves with changes being driven by technological advancements, shifting...more
On December 14, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in a press release that it is issuing orders under the FTC’s authority in Section 6(b) of the FTC Act to the following nine social media and video streaming...more
On October 6, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) announced its finding that Discord, a social media platform that provides text, voice and video communication services via desktop, browser and mobile applications,...more
When you upload content on Instagram, you can choose to make your post "public" or "private." According to Instagram, not only is the public content accessible and searchable by Instagram's users, the content is also subject...more
Most users of social media simply do not appreciate the risks involved in using the platform for its intended purposes—the mass dissemination of content. Indeed, among the benefits and drawbacks of social media is one...more
Especially with their children now homebound, bored and seeking virtual social contact, many parents are particularly concerned about educating their children – preschool through high school — of the risks inherent in social...more
Data scraping is a technique by which automated tools are used to extract data from a website and format the data for analysis. Many companies mine website users’ publicly accessible data in order to tailor products and...more
Are you among the 68% of U.S. adults who, according to the Pew Research Center, use Facebook? Social media can do more harm than good, especially if you are involved in a legal dispute, family-related or otherwise. Posts on...more
Big Picture Takeaways: Facebook faces many detailed requirements for internal and external governance and oversight with extensive reporting requirements...more
It has been rough weather for Google in France. Three weeks after the French ?Data Protection Authority imposed a record fine against Google for non-compliance with the GDPR, the Paris District Court (“Tribunal de Grande...more
Are you and your family first in line at your hometown stadium on Opening Day? Do you regularly visit museums and attractions? Have you seen your face on the big screen or posted your own pictures on social media?...more
It’s been rough weather for Google in France. Three weeks after the French ?Data Protection Authority imposed a record fine against Google for non-compliance with the GDPR, the Paris District Court (“Tribunal de Grande...more
After 2018, companies may never view online data collection in the same way again. Just as the world was turning its attention to the importance of protecting individuals’ data privacy, Facebook stumbled into a series of...more
Last week, two Senators, Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts and Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding apps designed for children and whether they are in...more
For many companies, customer information ranks among its most important assets. Yet these days, employees often keep this sensitive customer information in electronic locations that are not readily accessible to or controlled...more
After ten hours of Congressional testimony, one thing is clear – there is growing bipartisan concern over data privacy and data protection in the US. In the wake of so many recent data breaches, and now the data harvesting...more
Once again, we realize that we have little control over how information we share on social media is ultimately used. The recent revelation that a data analytic firm retained by Trump’s presidential campaign used the Facebook...more