California to Require Mobile App Developers to Post Privacy Policies

According to the Attorney General of California, Kamala Harris, developers and distributors of mobile applications (Apps) must prominently post and comply with a privacy policy – just like websites and other commercial online venues.  Whereas California’s Online Privacy Protection Act (OPPA) expressly requires operators of websites to post privacy policies where those websites collect any

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California to Require Mobile App Developers to Post Privacy Policies

According to the Attorney General of California, Kamala Harris, developers and distributors of mobile applications (Apps) must prominently post and comply with a privacy policy – just like websites and other commercial online venues.  Whereas California’s Online Privacy Protection Act (OPPA) expressly requires operators of websites to post privacy policies where those websites collect any

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Federal Online Gaming Bill to Remain in Limbo until Next Year

Confirming what readers of this blog already suspected, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) has acknowledged that his federal gaming bill lacks the support, and momentum, necessary to seek passage in this session of Congress. As such, the effort will have to wait until next year to be taken up anew. “I am disappointed,” Reid said, adding

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Obama’s Re-Election a Net Positive for Legalized Online Poker Advocates

The re-election of Barack Obama would appear to be a net positive for those that advocate in favor of legalized online poker.  While the 2012 Democratic Party Platform largely ignored the topic of Internet gaming, the 2012 Republican Party Platform explicitly called for the prohibition of any form of legalized Internet gaming (and overturning the

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Pennsylvania Ruling at Odds with North Carolina Ruling Regarding Internet Sweepstakes Cafes

In March of 2012, the North Carolina Court of Appeals overturned a 2010 law that made certain online casino-style games – as featured in Internet sweepstakes cafes – illegal on the basis that the 2010 law was a violation of free speech, as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.  In a recent ruling

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Federal Online Gaming Bill May Be Unconstitutional

Paul Clement, the former U.S. Solicitor General under President George W. Bush, has raised a few significant issues regarding the Constitutionality of the first federal online gaming bill, as drafted by Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ).  Under the current bill, there is a requirement that those online entities that had been providing

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