Twitter Followers = Trade Secrets?
Phonedog v. Kravitz, currently pending in the Northern District of California, raises unprecedented issues regarding social media. Is a list of Twitter followers protected as trade secret under...
View ArticleThe Legal Implications of Social Networking Part Three: Data Security
In 2011, InfoLawGroup began its “Legal Implications” series for social media by posting Part One (The Basics) and Part Two (Privacy). Well, after 4th quarter year-end madness and a few holidays Part...
View ArticleEuropean Criticism for Google’s New Privacy Policy
Google’s new cross-service privacy policy is supposed to come into effect on March 1. The US Federal Trade Commission has already expressed concerns, and now European data protection authorities have...
View ArticleSocial Media Networks Seek to Control Use of Their Products Through TOS...
Users of social media platforms should take notice of a changing legal strategy by some companies where litigation is pursued or threatened based solely on violation of a site’s Terms of Service...
View ArticleEmployers Must Consider Social Media Risks to Life and Limb, Not Just Pocketbook
It should be no surprise that the use of social media creates risks – legal and financial risks related to privacy and data security issues are among the most examined concerns. But the use of social...
View ArticlePinterest’s Accounts and Terms of Service for Businesses and their Potential...
On November 14, 2012, Pinterest, Inc. revamped the Terms of Service (“Terms”) for Pinterest.com (“Pinterest”) and created new business only accounts (“Business Accounts”) to be governed by the site’s...
View ArticleNew Jersey Fast Tracks Employer Social Media Bill
New Jersey is ready to have the harshest law aimed at preventing employers from delving into the social media postings of employees. In what is considered lightning speed for New Jersey legislative...
View ArticleFTC Report: Mobile Apps For Kids Not Making The Grade (NOTE: Not Just A...
On December 10, 2012, the FTC released a follow-up to its February 2012 report on mobile apps for kids. The February 2012 report found that little or no information was available to parents about the...
View ArticleDefendant Not Entitled to “Delve Carte Blanche” Into Plaintiff’s Social Media...
Keller v. National Farmers Union Property & Cas. Co., 2013 WL 27731 (D. Mont. January 2, 2013) A federal court in Montana has held that a plaintiff in an insurance dispute was protected from having...
View ArticleFirst Amendment Does Not Save NJ Teacher from Firing Based on Postings
In a January 11, 2013 ruling, the New Jersey Appellate Division upheld the administrative dismissal of a first grade teacher. She had argued that the First Amendment precluded her firing — which was...
View ArticleCourt Ordered Criminal Defense Lawyer to Take Down YouTube Video of Client
People v. Fulmer, — N.E.2d —, 2013 IL App (4th) 120747, 2013 WL 662250 (Ill.App. 4 Dist. February 25, 2013) A criminal defense attorney believed that video the state’s attorney gave him prior to a...
View ArticleTHE FTC UPDATES ITS .COM DISCLOSURES GUIDANCE — Focus on Mobile and...
On March 12, 2013, the FTC released its long-awaited update to its year 2000 Dot Com Disclosures guidance; a document issued to help businesses develop legally compliant online ads. Having recognized...
View ArticleFFIEC Social Media Guidance Public Comment Revelations
Earlier this year on January 22, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”), released for public comment proposed social media-related recommendations for financial institutions...
View ArticleArkansas Becomes Seventh State to Enact Employer Social Media Law; Questions...
Last week, Arkansas enacted H.B. 1901, joining California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, and Utah in restricting employer access to social media or personal accounts. A total of seven...
View ArticleSweepstakes and Contests Now Easier To Run on Facebook
Yesterday (Aug. 27, 2013) Facebook updated the section of its Pages Terms applicable to administering sweepstakes and contests on Facebook (see HERE and HERE). In essence, Facebook removed almost all...
View ArticleCARU IS WATCHING YOUR…APPS
The Children’s Advertising Review Unit of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CARU) routinely monitors advertising to children. Through those monitoring efforts, CARU brings challenges against...
View ArticlePitfalls and Complications in Running a New-Media Promotion
Administering a sweepstakes or contest online can be a great way to attract traffic and engage with consumers. Not surprisingly, many companies routinely utilize sweepstakes and contests (which are...
View ArticleNew California Regulation Regarding Minors Is Coming: Are You Ready? Part 1 –...
A new California statute, which originated as SB 568 and will be codified as § 22580 et seq. of the Cal. Bus. & Prof Code, takes effect January 1, 2015. Given the time it may take some sites,...
View ArticleLive-Streaming Apps; What We Aren’t Talking About
There are many articles circulating the web about new live-streaming video technologies like Meerkat. These tremendous apps make it possible for users to stream real time video from their phone to the...
View ArticleDefendant Not Entitled to “Delve Carte Blanche” Into Plaintiff’s Social Media...
Keller v. National Farmers Union Property & Cas. Co., 2013 WL 27731 (D. Mont. January 2, 2013) A federal court in Montana has held that a plaintiff in an insurance dispute was protected from having...
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