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Written by: Carol Umhoefer; Farid Bouguettaya; and Maruschka Graham

In 1994, France implemented a law, known as the “Toubon Law” after France’s then-minister of Culture, Jacques Toubon, to preserve the French language, protect French consumers and promote French culture. At the time, the world wide web…
Continue Reading “Toubon Law” 20 Years On: The Cyber Economy and France’s Law on the Mandatory Use of the French Language

Blue Edge Lab, a wholly owned subsidiary of DLA Piper LLP (US) announced today the launch of CyberTrakSM, a highly innovative online cybersecurity tool featuring information on cybersecurity-related mandates and regulatory risk around the world.

CyberTrak is the inaugural product of Blue Edge LabSM*.

CyberTrak provides…
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Written by Adriano Chaves  and Maria Paula Souza, Campos Mello Advogados law firm (Brazil)*

The so-called “Marco Civil da Internet” (i.e. the Bill of Law 2,126/2011, which establishes a civil rights framework for the Internet) was voted and approved by the Brazilian House of Representatives (Câmara …
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Written by: Aravind Swaminathan, Michelle Anderson and Jim Halpert

In a speech that garnered worldwide attention, President Barack Obama has announced important reforms in the ways the United States government will gather, store, use and retain signals-related information.

These changes will soon affect many companies, both in the US and…
Continue Reading PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES SURVEILLANCE REFORMS:

Written by: Emma Thomas

The EU Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) has approved a compromise set of amendments to the EU Data Protection Regulation that moves the Parliament’s position to the left, giving consumers more individual control over their personal information.

Two earlier proposals, from the European Commission and the…
Continue Reading EU DATA PROTECTION REGULATION: DO YOU MOVE DATA ACROSS BORDERS? NEW EU AMENDMENTS

Written by Alec Christie and Reyhaneh Saadati

The Office of the Australian Privacy Commissioner has released its new Guide to Information Security: Reasonable Steps to Protect Personal Information.

The Guide aims to assist Australian businesses and those carrying on business in Australia to “take reasonable steps” to protect the personal…
Continue Reading AUSTRALIA’S OAIC REMINDS BUSINESSES: TAKE “REASONABLE STEPS” TO SECURE THE PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU COLLECT

Written by Scott W. Pink and Carissa L. Bouwer

California has long been a leader in legislative efforts to protect online privacy rights of consumers.  California passed the nation’s first security breach disclosure law, the first law requiring online privacy policies, and more recently, the first set of privacy guidelines…
Continue Reading PENDING CALIFORNIA BILLS SEEK TO EXPAND PRIVACY PROTECTIONS

On March 6, through rain, sleet and the blizzard that never appeared (but that closed several area airports), 40 privacy professionals from around the world attended DLA Piper’s Global Privacy Seminar in our Washington, DC office.

The event began with a keynote delivered by FTC Commissioner Julie Brill explaining the…
Continue Reading DLA PIPER HOSTS GLOBAL PRIVACY SEMINAR AND RECEPTION

August 20, 2012

By Jim Halpert and Kate Lucente

A magistrate judge in the Northern District of California has refused to grant a motion to dismiss a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) putative class action claim brought against video streaming service Hulu.

The August 10 decision in In re Hulu …
Continue Reading HULU IS A “VIDEO TAPE SERVICE PROVIDER” UNDER VPPA, COURT RULES