Socially Aware

March 23, 2015 - Online Promotions, Privacy, Employment Law
Five Vital Questions on the Implications of UK Law on Social Media
Chevy Kelly , a partner in the UK-based Social Media Leadership Forum , recently sat down with Socially Aware’s own Sue McLean , a Social Media Leadership Forum member, to discuss the legal implications of UK companies’ use of social media as part of
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March 12, 2015 - Terms of Use, Privacy
Data for the Taking: Using Website Terms and Conditions to Combat Web Scraping
By: Mercedes Samavi
Is it stealing to take data without permission from a public website, or is it simply making use of resources that are made available to you? “Web scraping” or “screen scraping” is the practice of extracting large amounts of data from public websites using
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February 17, 2015 - FTC, Terms of Use, Privacy, Event
Social Media 2015: Addressing Corporate Risks
Social media is transforming the way companies interact with consumers. Learn how to make the most of these online opportunities while minimizing your company’s risk at Practicing Law Institute’s (PLI) 2015 Social Media conference, chaired by Socially Aware editor John Delaney. This year’s program features speakers
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January 15, 2015 - Privacy
Looking Ahead in 2015: Obama Announces Push for Privacy Legislation in Final Term
President Obama provided a preview of his State of the Union address next week which will propose comprehensive data privacy legislation, including a nationwide data-breach notification law, a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, and limitations on the use of student data. The announcement comes
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December 16, 2014 - Internet of Things, Terms of Use, Privacy, Copyright, Infographic, Litigation
Hot Off the Press: The December Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter Is Now Available
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The latest issue of our Socially Aware newsletter is now available here. In this issue of Socially Aware , our Burton Award -winning guide to the law and business of social media, we look at several topics surrounding the proverbial online thumbs up, including
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November 19, 2014 - Privacy
Big Data: Big Business, Big Privacy Issues
Big data is now big business. In recent years, due to the exponential growth of databases (spurred at least in part by social media and cloud storage) and of the capability of technology to undertake data analytics on a massive scale, organisations have started
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November 06, 2014 - Internet of Things, FTC, Terms of Use, Privacy, Statistics, Litigation
Hot Off the Press: The November Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter Is Now Available
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The latest issue of our Socially Aware newsletter is now available here. In this issue of Socially Aware , our Burton Award -winning guide to the law and business of social media, we discuss an important Ninth Circuit decision refusing to enforce an arbitration
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November 05, 2014 - Privacy
New California Privacy Law Revisions Will Impact Website and Mobile App Operators With Users Under Age 18
By: Julie O'Neill
Last year, California made child-related revisions to its Online Privacy Protection Act that have ramifications even for websites and other online services that are not directed to children. The revision, “Privacy Rights for California Minors in the Digital World,” imposes obligations on any website,
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November 04, 2014 - Privacy, Employment Law, Litigation
What’s in a Like?
By: Aaron P. Rubin
In the pre-Facebook era, the word “like” was primarily a verb (and an interjection sprinkled throughout valley girls’ conversations). Although you could have likes and dislikes in the sense of preferences, you could not give someone a like, claim to own a like or
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October 29, 2014 - Privacy, Cloud Computing
Privacy in the Cloud: A Legal Framework for Moving Personal Data to the Cloud
For many companies, the main question about cloud computing is no longer whether to move their data to the “cloud,” but how they can accomplish this transition. Cloud (or Internet-based on-demand) computing involves a shift away from reliance on a company’s own local computing
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