March 16, 2015 A Federal judge has said that a class of plaintiffs, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, may proceed with their claims in a lawsuit seeking to change the manner in which Facebook handles online transactions by minors. The trial is scheduled to begin on October 19, 2015. The suit seeks to have […]
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January 26, 2015 On January 7, 2015, the Florida State Court of Appeals for the Fourth District ruled that Florida citizens only have a “minimal” expectation of privacy in their social media accounts, even if the accounts are set to their maximum privacy settings. Although the underlying case pertained to a personal injury lawsuit, the
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Social media has become an indispensable marketing tool for almost every business. Facebook has been increasingly embraced by the commercial community and a Facebook “company page” is a ubiquitous advertising medium through which businesses relay information about new products/services and gain new customers. However, as many business owners are realizing, Facebook “company pages” may be
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Do You “Like” Facebook Sweepstakes Entries? Sweepstakes sponsors have, for many years, required prospective sweepstakes entrants to “like” those sponsors’ Facebook pages in order to access the applicable sweepstakes entry pages (or as a means to enter the Sweepstakes themselves). This practice is commonly referred to as “like-gating,” and can be an effective way to
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