Aisling

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Name: Aisling O'Toole
Date registered: May 10, 2013

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  1. FTC Answers 92 Questions about its Revised Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rules — May 17, 2013
  2. Court Rules Against Digital Music Resale Service — April 23, 2013
  3. Drive-By Storing: Google Agrees to Pay $7 Million to Settle Street View Privacy Case — April 18, 2013
  4. Frankfurt Kurnit Named One of the Hottest Midsize Law Firms — April 16, 2013
  5. New York State Sales Tax for Online Retailers Survives Constitutional Challenge — April 12, 2013

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May 17

FTC Answers 92 Questions about its Revised Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rules

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Tweet In an effort to provide clarity on it its revised Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“Rules”), the FTC recently published a list of  Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs“) with information on how to comply. The FAQs should provide helpful guidance to operators of commercial websites and other online services (such as mobile apps) that are either …

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Apr 23

Court Rules Against Digital Music Resale Service

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Apple, Copyright Act, Music

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Tweet Can you legally re-sell digital goods like the music files you’ve downloaded from iTunes?  That was the question in Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc., 2013 WL 1286134 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 30, 2013).  The court held that the resale of copies of digital music files, as facilitated by the defendant’s technology, was not permissible.  The …

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Apr 18

Drive-By Storing: Google Agrees to Pay $7 Million to Settle Street View Privacy Case

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FTC, Google, Laws and Regulations, Privacy, Software

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Tweet According to a recent settlement, in addition to images of the world’s roads and buildings, Google’s special Street View vehicles may have also collected personal information from users on unencrypted business and personal wireless networks.  

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Apr 16

Frankfurt Kurnit Named One of the Hottest Midsize Law Firms

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Tweet Please excuse the quick commercial, but we are very pleased to report that the National Law Journal just named Frankfurt Kurnit to its 2013 Midsize Hot List – a list of 20 of the nation’s top midsize law firms.  We’re so thrilled with this honor that we wanted to share it with our readers.  …

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Apr 12

New York State Sales Tax for Online Retailers Survives Constitutional Challenge

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Amazon, Commerce, Overstock

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Tweet On March 28, 2013, the New York Court of Appeals rejected challenges by major online retailers and upheld the constitutionality of a New York Internet sales tax statute.  See Overstock.com v. NYS Dept. Taxation & Fin., Nos. 33 & 34, NYLJ 1202593915304, at *1 (Ct. of App., Decided March 28, 2013).  The case was …

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Mar 07

Use of Competitor’s Names as Advertising Keywords Does Not Violate Rights of Publicity, Says Wisconsin Court of Appeals

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Tweet Is the use of a competitor’s name in keyword advertising a violation of his or her right of publicity?  This issue was recently addressed by a Wisconsin appellate court in Habush v. Cannon, 2013 WL 627251 (Wisc. App. Ct. Feb. 21, 2013).  The case arose after one personal injury law firm, a defendant in …

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Feb 13

FTC Sanctions Ad Network for History Sniffing

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FTC, Privacy, Security

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Tweet In December, an FTC order barred Epic Marketplace, Inc. from continuing a practice known as history sniffing. The technology employed by the company allowed them to track sensitive information including certain medical and financial information for millions of consumers. According to the terms of the settlement, the company must cease those practices and destroy …

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Feb 13

Court Invalidates Zappos’ Browsewrap Agreement

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Amazon, Priavacy Policy, Security, Zappos

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Tweet In early 2012, Zappos, a division of Amazon, was the victim of an enormous customer data breach affecting 24 million records. Class action attorneys filed cases against the online shoe retailer citing multiple breaches of contract and privacy violations. Zappos’  Terms of Use (TOU) contained an arbitration provision, which may have saved the company …

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Feb 08

FTC Releases Best Practices for Mobile Privacy and Fines Mobile Service Provider $800,000

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Apple, FTC, Google, Mobile Apps, Mobile Privacy, Privacy

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Tweet The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a staff report on Friday recommending ways for participants in the mobile ecosystem to improve their mobile privacy disclosures. The report includes guidance tailored for key commercial players involved in the mobile area, including platforms (such as Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android), app developers, certain third parties (such as ad …

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Jan 14

California Releases New Mobile App Privacy Recommendations

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Apple, Google, Priavacy Policy, Privacy, Security

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Tweet California’s Attorney General recently released a set of official privacy recommendations for consideration by mobile app developers, mobile ad networks and related industry players. The recommendations, published in a report entitled, “Privacy on the Go: Recommendations for the Mobile Ecosystem,” include development and disclosure recommendations that encourage participants in the mobile app ecosystem to …

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