The Internet of Things Part 2: The Old Problem Squared
Cisco estimates that 25 billion devices will be connected in the Internet of Things (IoT) by 2015, and 50 billion by 2020. Analyst firm IDC makes an even bolder prediction: 212 billion connected...
View ArticleSnap Judgment: FTC Alleges Snapchat Did Not Keep Its Privacy and Security...
Snapchat’s recent settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) generally provides a comprehensive but not groundbreaking roadmap to the FTC’s privacy and data security expectations in the mobile...
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Hot Off the Press: The July Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter Is Now...
The latest issue of our Socially Aware newsletter is now available here. Welcome to a special privacy issue of Socially Aware, focusing on recent privacy law developments relating to social media and...
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EU Cloud Standardisation Guidelines
In November 2012, we wrote an Alert about the European Commission’s Communication on Cloud Computing intended, it said, to “… unleash the potential of cloud computing in Europe”. Sceptics were...
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Better shop around. In connection with a new staff report, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) examined 121 popular apps used to comparison shop, find online deals and pay with mobile devices; the FTC...
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Big Brother isn’t just watching. A single mother in upstate New York was surprised to find that she had a Facebook page in her name, complete with photos of her, her son, and her niece. She hadn’t...
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Breaking Old Ground: California Again Amends Data Security Breach Law
Not to be outdone by Florida, California has yet again amended its data security breach law and again in groundbreaking (yet confusing) fashion. On September 30, 2014, California Governor Brown signed...
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Entangled in the Web of Things. By Finding New Uses for Data, the Internet of...
From our sister blog, MoFo Tech: Within a decade, analysts say, the “Internet of Things” will have transformed our lives. Billions of Internet-connected devices will monitor our homes, businesses,...
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Privacy in the Cloud: A Legal Framework for Moving Personal Data to the Cloud
For many companies, the main question about cloud computing is no longer whether to move their data to the “cloud,” but how they can accomplish this transition. Cloud (or Internet-based on-demand)...
View ArticleData Protection Masterclass: Cybersecurity & Data Protection Concerns –...
Socially Aware will be sponsoring a free webinar on cybersecurity-related legal issues on December 2, 2014. As part of the webinar, privacy and data security lawyers from Morrison & Foerster LLP –...
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