December 9, 2016 This Tuesday, a consortium of consumer protection and children’s privacy groups filed a Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) complaint against Genesis Toys (“Genesis”) and Nuance Communications, Inc. (“Nuance”) in connection with Genesis’ interactive, Internet-connected toys. What are the key takeaways for businesses in the Internet of Things (IoT) space?
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December 5, 2016 On November 30, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a settlement with Jason A. Kotzker, the purported owner and member of two separate data broker companies: Sequoia One, LLC and Gen X Marketing Group, LLC. Kotzker was the final defendant to settle an action commenced by the FTC last August. According
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October 27, 2016 On October 24, 2016, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California refused to dismiss claims brought by two former inmates and their counsel regarding violations of a California privacy law. The plaintiffs commenced a class action against Securus Technologies, Inc. (“Securus”), a self-proclaimed “inmate communications provider,” alleging that
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October 6, 2016 On Monday, the Texas State Attorney General announced that it reached a settlement with app maker Juxta Labs, Inc. (“JLI”) regarding its information collection practices. The Attorney General had been investigating JLI for violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act “by engaging in false, deceptive, or misleading acts or practices regarding
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August 30, 2016 Last Tuesday, the federal district court for the Northern District of California held oral arguments on a motion for summary judgment filed by Yelp in a consumer privacy lawsuit involving other prominent technology companies, including Twitter, Apple and Instagram. The lawsuit focuses on various application developers’ use of a “find friends” feature,
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August 18, 2016 This Tuesday, the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Minnesota federal district court’s dismissal of a website user’s lawsuit and prospective class action involving the privacy policy and information sharing practices of video game retailer and magazine publisher GameStop, Inc. d/b/a Game Informer (“GameStop”). How important are website privacy policies?
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March 11, 2016 The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) has circulated a notice of proposed rulemaking designed to fundamentally alter the guidelines dictating the online privacy rights of consumers. The full FCC will vote on the proposal at the end of March, at which time, if passed, the public would be
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On the heels of the release of the Digital Advertising Alliance’s self-regulatory guidelines for the mobile app industry, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”) recently published a draft Short Form Notice Code of Conduct to Promote Transparency in Mobile App Practices (“Mobile App Code of Conduct”). The Mobile App Code of Conduct provides guidance
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