Treasury Public Engagement Pages AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury ACTION: Notice and request for comment. SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing this notice to inform the public and solicit comments about a new method it is using to collect information and opinions posted on social media platforms. Relying on Treasury-generated “hashtags” and other social media identifiers,…
Category: Online
Delaware Enacts Online Privacy Law – Website Operators Will Need to Comply
Chuck Kunz III of Morris James LLP writes: Online businesses take note. Delaware may finally have an online privacy law. On June 25, 2015, the Delaware General Assembly passed SS1 for SB68, known as the “Delaware Online Privacy and Protection Act.” If signed by the governor, DOPPA will go into effect on January 1, 2016….
What Hulk Hogan can teach us about the need for revenge porn laws
Daniel Castro and Alan McQuinn write: With comedian John Oliver’s poignant rant about revenge porn — the nonconsensual distribution of sexually explicit images without the subject’s consent — this problem is finally getting the exposure it deserves. Now we can add another unlikely ally to the cause, former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan. The reality TV star is suing…
Top websites put escape hatches into privacy policies
Natasha Singer and Jeremy B. Scahill report: The privacy policy for Hulu, a video-streaming service with about 9 million subscribers, opens with a declaration that the company “respects your privacy.” That respect could lapse, however, if the company is ever sold or goes bankrupt. At that point, according to a clause several screens deep in…