Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Interesting foresight that some have. According to their own blog, The 5 Point Cafe (a self-described dive bar) in Seattle, WA has already begun banning google glasses: http://the5pointcafe.com/google-glasses-banned/ . This presents an interesting…
By: Andrew Laing Canada has recently enacted new anti-spam legislation, unimaginatively known as Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, or CASL (you have to give our Congress some credit for coming up…
By: Stephanie Smith In 2011 Par Pharmaceutical ("Par") was charged with violations of FDA regulations governing the off-label promotion of prescription drugs. In its defense, Par contended that its ability to convey “truthful” information to physicians…
By: Kimberly Chow Last week, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) reintroduced his “Do Not Track Online Act.” Under the bill, consumers on the Internet would be able to affirmatively…
By: David Wildman On February 28, 2013, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that an attorney’s blog postings that named clients who were defendants in criminal proceedings, without permission, qualified…
By David Schiff Most states require permits for concealed weapons, but public access to permit records is becomingly increasingly rare. Last December, in the wake of the school shooting…
By: Kolby Loft Last October, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that yellow pages phone books, taken as a whole, constitute noncommercial speech. The court…
By: Alicia Reyes-Hernandez The “Do Not Track” proposition has been part of the consumer’s information privacy protection discussion for several years. Although it has proven to be a very…
By Ana Maria Calero After the storm of lobbying efforts and in the middle of the fiercest criticism from public interest organizations, the European Commission endorsed the ITRE opinion…
By Sharmeen Mazumder In a case presented to the European Court of Justice, Spanish officials argued that Google should delete information from search engine results where an individual’s privacy is…