Tag Archive: Data

Jan 03

Privacy Class Action Suit Against Google Dismissed

Tweet In early 2012, Google created a stir by rolling out a new privacy policy that covers many of its products. It was widely noted at the time – in the media, the blogosphere, and by Google itself– that the new policy permitted Google to combine the data it had collected from users of its various …

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Oct 10

Justin Bieber’s Website Operators Fined $1 Million By FTC

Tweet On October 4, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it had settled charges against Arista Arena, LLC (“Arista”), the operator of fan websites for pop music artists including Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Rihanna.  The FTC’s complaint alleged that Arista’s website registration processes did not meet the direct notice and parental …

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Apr 09

Do You Copy Me?

Tweet You or your IT department have probably taken steps to secure the information on your laptops, PDA’s, and smart phones. But have you identified the risk of a data breach from your office or personal copy machine? WBZ-TV in Boston recently reported how copy machines pose a new potential threat to our personal and …

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Aug 26

Massachusetts Data Delay

Tweet The implementation date for Massachusetts’ pending data security regulations has been further delayed until March, 2010.