Joke Bodewits of Hogan Lovells writes: Recently, new rules on cookies (all links in Dutch) came into force in the Netherlands. In addition, the Dutch Second Chamber approved a draft bill to introduce a mandatory data breach notification requirement and to strengthen the Dutch Data Protection Authority’s investigative and fining powers. The new rules apply to all companies acting…
Category: Breaches
Twitter’s new Periscope app takes a user privacy hit
Lisa Vaas reports: Periscope, the live-streaming app that Twitter launched just last Thursday, has already had its first privacy pratfall. The glitch happens if a user forgets to turn off the Twitter button before broadcasting a private video stream, thereby meaning that the title gets shared with all the user’s followers. Read more on Naked…
Judge Tosses Hulu Privacy Case
Maria Dinzeo reports: Persuaded by Hulu that its users could not prove that it knowingly shared their private information with Facebook, a federal judge on Tuesday tossed a proposed class action claiming the online streaming service violated the Video Privacy Protection Act. U.S. District Judge Laurel Beeler found that ultimately there is no connection between…
Appellate Courts Being Drawn Into VPPA Fray
Christin McMeley, John D. Seiver and Bryan Thompson of David Wright Tremaine write: Last week the Third and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals assigned case numbers to the appeals of In re Nickelodeon Privacy Litigation and Locklear v. Dow Jones & Co., Inc., two recently dismissed class actions in which plaintiffs alleged violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”)….