March 27, 2012 | Posted by Editor
Several class action complaints filed in recent months take a novel approach regarding the requirements for website privacy policies under California's "Shine the Light" law. The complaints, all substantially identical and filed by the same counsel, allege technical violations of the Shine the Light law by large website operators such as MSN, CBS Interactive, and Conde Nast.
March 13, 2012 | Posted by Editor
Perkins Coie partner Michael Sussmann will participate on a panel on "Phones, Drones & Social Networks: New Technologies and the Fourth Amendment after Jones" at Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy conference on "Mobile and Location Policy: A Technology and Policy Dialog."
March 9, 2012 | Posted by Editor
The Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) applies certain restrictions to the use and disclosure of consumers' personally identifiable information by video tape service providers.  On March 6, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court decision and held that the private right of action established under the VPPA did not apply to subsection (e), which requires the destruction of old records.