Christopher A. Ott of Davis Wright Tremaine writes: Companies storing or moving large quantities of digital information routinely encounter subpoenas, court orders and warrants from United States law enforcement for subscriber and related data and records. However, the realities of cybercrime and recent under-publicized diplomatic activities could dramatically increase the volume of incoming requests from…
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Go After Google for Misleading Consumers, Violating Privacy
Elliot Nash reports; Hours after Google announced a 23% fall in profits the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACC) is now having a crack at trying to take Google down a peg in Australia. The issue relates to data and claims that Google has breached consumer laws between January 2017 until late 2018. […] Between January…
GERMANY: Data Protection Authorities Issue GDPR Fining Guidelines
DLA Piper writes: On 16 October 2019 – after weeks of rumors and speculations – the German data protection authorities (‘DPAs’) published their guidelines (‘Guidelines’) for calculating administrative fines under Article 83 General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’). The Guidelines are intended to guide enforcement action by German DPAs against business ‘undertakings’. They do not apply to individuals or associations who are not acting in…
FTC Brings First Case Against Developers of “Stalking” Apps
The Federal Trade Commission has barred the developers of three “stalking” apps from selling apps that monitor consumers’ mobile devices unless they take certain steps to ensure the apps will only be used for legitimate purposes. The settlement resolves allegations that these apps compromised the privacy and security of the consumer devices on which they…