Socially Aware

November 29, 2016 - News and Announcements
Socially Aware Made the Blawg 100 Again!
By: Aaron P. Rubin
We are delighted to announce that Socially Aware has been included in the 10th Annual Blawg 100 , a list of “100 excellent legal blogs” selected by the staff and readers of the ABA Journal , the American Bar Association’s flagship magazine. The ABA
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November 22, 2016 - Online Reviews, Section 230 Safe Harbor
Yelp Case Shows CDA §230 Still Has Teeth
By: Aaron P. Rubin
2016 has been a challenging year for Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) and the website operators who depend on it for protection against liability stemming from user-generated content. An unusually large number of cases this year have resulted in decisions holding
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November 22, 2016 - First Amendment, E-Commerce, Cyberbullying, UK, Free Speech, Litigation, Wearable Computers
Social Links: IMDb sues over right to post actors’ ages; Facebook tests jobs feature; Pinterest adopts “tried it” button
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has filed suit to overturn a law that requires the popular entertainment website to remove the ages or birth dates of people in the entertainment industry upon request. Vine might not be history after all. Twitter users posted more than
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November 15, 2016 - Data Security
Preparing for a Data Security Breach: Ten Important Steps to Take
By: Nathan D. Taylor
Is your company prepared to respond to a data security breach? For many companies, even reading this question causes some anxiety. However, being prepared for what seems like the inevitable—a security breach—can be the difference between successfully navigating the event or not. While we
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November 14, 2016 - Advertising, Data Security, Social Media Policy
Now Available: The November Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The latest issue of our Socially Aware newsletter is now available here. In this edition, we provide five tips for reducing potential liability exposure in seeking to exploit user-generated content; we examine a Ninth Circuit decision highlighting the control that social media platform operators
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November 07, 2016 - Terms of Use, UK, Big Data, Ethics, Litigation
Social Links: LinkedIn’s new feature estimates salaries; states grapple with digital-asset-inheritance laws; insurance company wants to base rates on applicants’ Facebook posts
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Because it bases its assessments on job title, location and industry, LinkedIn’s new Salary feature might be more accurate than are other online compensation estimation tools. States are trying to pass laws that balance bereaved people’s desire to access their deceased loved ones’ social media accounts
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November 02, 2016 - E-Commerce, European Union, Compliance
European Commission Publishes Draft Regulation Prohibiting Geo-Blocking by Online Traders and Content Publishers
As part of the European Commission’s Digital Single Market initiative, the European Commission has published a draft Regulation aimed at preventing traders from discriminating against customers located in other EU Member States by denying those customers access to e-commerce sites, or by redirecting those
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October 31, 2016 - Endorsement Guides, Internet of Things, Data Security, Cyberbullying, Marketing, Social Media Policy
Social Links: IoT Causes Web Outage; YouTube Makes Endorsement Disclosure Convenient; NFL’s Social Media Policy Imposes Fines
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The Internet of Things is apparently to blame for the Web outage that paralyzed the online world earlier this month. Justin Timberlake took down his “ballot selfie” from Instagram after Tennessee authorities made clear that it was illegal. Presumably in order to help facilitate
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October 24, 2016 - Privacy, Stored Communications Act, Litigation
Second Circuit: Email Stored Outside the U.S. Might Be Beyond Government’s Reach
As a result of the Second Circuit’s recent opinion in Microsoft v. United States , the U.S. government likely can no longer use warrants issued pursuant to the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”) to compel U.S.-based companies to produce communications, such as emails, that are
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October 05, 2016 - Cyberbullying, Privacy, Free Speech, Wearable Computers
Social Links: Facebook at Work; Google’s Allo messaging app; Snapchat’s Spectacles
By: Aaron P. Rubin
Facebook at Work , the on-the-job version of the web’s most popular social media platform, will launch in London on October 10th. Add iHeartRadio to the list of Internet radio platforms that will be offering an on demand music streaming service. California law will
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Socially Aware Made the Blawg 100 Again!

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Yelp Case Shows CDA §230 Still Has Teeth

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: IMDb sues over right to post actors’ ages; Facebook tests jobs feature; Pinterest adopts “tried it” button

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Preparing for a Data Security Breach: Ten Important Steps to Take

By: Nathan D. Taylor

Now Available: The November Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Social Links: LinkedIn’s new feature estimates salaries; states grapple with digital-asset-inheritance laws; insurance company wants to base rates on applicants’ Facebook posts

By: Aaron P. Rubin

European Commission Publishes Draft Regulation Prohibiting Geo-Blocking by Online Traders and Content Publishers

Social Links: IoT Causes Web Outage; YouTube Makes Endorsement Disclosure Convenient; NFL’s Social Media Policy Imposes Fines

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Second Circuit: Email Stored Outside the U.S. Might Be Beyond Government’s Reach

Social Links: Facebook at Work; Google’s Allo messaging app; Snapchat’s Spectacles

By: Aaron P. Rubin