Privacy Law Blog

This blawg is "a trusted source for summary and analysis of breaking legal developments in the evolving field of privacy and data security law."

Author: This blawg is written the following lawyers at Proskauer Rose: Partners Christopher Wolf, Scott P. Cooper, and Tanya L. Forsheit as well as associates Timothy P. Tobin, Navid Soleymani, Jeremy Mittman, Clifford S. Davidson, Brendon Tavelli and Cecile Martin.

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Recent Posts from Privacy Law Blog

CDA Protects MySpace from Underage User's Negligence Claim
On May 16, 2008 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed with a number of other courts, holding that the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”) (47 U.S.C. Sec. 230) protects social networking websites…
New CAN-SPAM Rule Gives Long-Awaited Answers
On May 12, 2008 the Federal Trade Commission issued its long awaited final set of rules under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (the "Act"). The rule: • Modifies the term "sender" with respect to multi-advertiser…
Wrath of Quon?
The June 18, 2008 Ninth Circuit panel decision in Quon et al. v. Arch Wireless et al., No. 07-55282 (9th Cir. June 18, 2008) has sparked a flurry of news reports and speculation regarding employers’…
Expiration Date Imminent for Many FACTA Class Actions
New amendments to the Fair and Accurate Transactions Act (“FACTA”) (itself an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”)) bar consumers from alleging willful violation and seeking statutory damages based on the printing of…
Emerging Standards For Mobile Marketing
Many B2C companies are beginning to explore marketing to consumers’ wireless devices using text messaging (“SMS,” or “short message service”) and MMS messaging (“Multi-media Messaging Service”). They may even target their promotions based on where the recipient is…
Texas Attorney General Settles One of First State COPPA Enforcement Actions
In December 2007, Texas became the first state to file COPPA enforcement actions, by separately suing the entities behind Gamesradar.com and TheDollPalace.com in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The…
U.K. ICO May Impose Fines for Data Breaches
A new Act of Parliament gives the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) the authority to impose monetary penalties for misuse of personal data in violation of section 55 of the Data Protection Act of…
No Shopping Spree for Plaintiffs Under California's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act
On May 22, 2008, the California Court of Appeal narrowed the scope of claims available under California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971, California Civil Code § 1747.08, ruling that the statute is subject to…
EU Data Protection Watchdog Supports Data Breach Notification Law
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has come out in favor of the EU enacting data security breach notification laws. The EDPS is an independent supervisory authority devoted to protecting personal data and privacy and…
Iowa Enacts 43rd State Breach Notification Law
On May 9, 2008, Iowa Governor Chester Culver signed legislation (SF 2308) requiring any person who owns or licenses computerized data that includes a consumer's personal information to give notice of a breach of security. The law…