Balough
December 7, 2013
When you post your website privacy policies, you better abide by them. That lesson was learned anew when the Federal Trade Commission and Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. entered into a consent decree over charges that Petco violated its posted privacy policy. Petco sells pet and food supplies to customers at www.PETCO.com. On the website, the […]
Balough
December 7, 2013
If your car’s on-board emergency assistance system doesn’t work when you need roadside assistance, maybe you should call the FBI. That’s because up until a recent court decision barring the practice, the FBI has been able to obtain warrants to listen in on in-car conversations through the roadside assistance devices installed in luxury cars. The […]
Balough
December 7, 2013
Public libraries that receive government funding or discounts for Internet access must install software filters to block images that constitute obscenity or child pornography, the Supreme Court has ruled. The 6-3 decision in United States v. American Library Association, Inc., reverses the trial court that found the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) unconstitutional because it […]
Balough
December 7, 2013
Violating your website’s privacy policy can cause you long-term problems with the Federal Trade Commission. Just ask Eli Lilly and Company. As a result of an e-mail error where all the recipients were listed for everyone to see, the company was forced to enter into a consent decree that now requires Lilly to make extensive […]
Balough
December 7, 2013
Use of the Hershey’s and Mrs. Fields Original Cookies websites by children has turned into a bitter experience for both companies. Each company recently entered into a consent decree with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) because they were collecting personal information from children without […]
Balough
December 7, 2013
The results of the voluntary dispute resolution mechanism to resolve domain name disputes is not entitled to any deference in federal courts, the appellate court for the Third Circuit has ruled. The court found that the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) does not qualify as […]
Balough
December 7, 2013
A federal judge has ordered an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to turn over the identity of a person suspected by a recording industry association of pirating recordings on-line.The judge found that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) gave copyright owners the right to obtain subpoenas to force ISPs to give them information on […]
Balough
December 5, 2013
If you have a password protected website and someone gains access to it, they have violated the federal Wiretap and Stored Communications Acts, right? Don’t count on it anymore. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit says that such action does not violate the federal Wiretap Act and may not violate the Stored […]
