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May 21, 2012 - Privacy, Employment Law, Litigation
What’s Not to Like?
A recent district court decision highlights the growing prevalence of issues relating to new media technologies arising in the courtroom. In Bland v. Roberts , the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held that merely “liking” a Facebook page is insufficient
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May 18, 2012 - Privacy, Litigation
New York Court to Criminal Defendant: Your Tweets May Be Used Against You
By: J. Alexander Lawrence
In past Socially Aware posts, we have discussed using subpoenas in civil litigation to obtain evidence from social media sites, including whether individuals have a privacy interest in this information and how the Stored Communications Act may limit the use of subpoenas in civil
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May 01, 2012 - FCC, Privacy, Employment Law
What’s Your Facebook Password?
According to press reports , a growing number of employers require job applicants to disclose their login information for Facebook or other social media accounts as a condition of employment. While this practice may very well fall on the wrong side of the law,
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April 26, 2012 - Privacy, Ethics, Litigation
A Dirty Job: TheDirty.com Cases Show the Limits of CDA Section 230
We’ve reported before on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), the 1996 statute that states, “[n]o provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” Courts
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April 25, 2012 - Online Promotions, Terms of Use, Privacy, IP
Caveat Emptor, Part II: A Brief Overview of Twitter’s Terms of Service and Related Documents
In our September 2010 issue of Socially Aware , we provided a brief overview of Facebook’s “ Statement of Rights and Responsibilities ,” the social media service’s complex set of terms and conditions that companies frequently “click-accept” with little review (often, in a rush
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April 10, 2012 - FTC, Privacy
FTC’s Privacy Report Suggests Tightening of Privacy Regime, Provides Guidance to Business
By: Julie O'Neill
On March 26, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (the “Commission” or “FTC”) released its much-anticipated final privacy report, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change. The report builds upon the Commission’s December 2010 preliminary report , and provides recommendations for businesses and
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January 17, 2012 - DMCA, FTC, Privacy, Copyright, Infographic, IP, Supreme Court
Key Moments in Social Media Law
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January 07, 2012 - Terms of Use, Privacy, Employment Law, IP
Editor’s Predictions for 2012
By: Aaron P. Rubin
To ring in the New Year, the Socially Aware editors provide their predictions regarding social media law and business developments in the coming year (please keep in mind that, if we were good at this prediction thing, we wouldn’t be practicing law for a
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January 06, 2012 - FTC, Privacy
Proposed Facebook Settlement Underscores the FTC’s Privacy Priorities
By: Julie O'Neill
On November 29, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposed order against Facebook that builds upon both the FTC’s recommendations from its 2010 draft privacy report and precedents set in the order that it recently imposed on Google. Any business that collects
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January 06, 2012 - Privacy, Discovery, Litigation
Standard for Discovery of Anonymous Internet Users’ Identities Remains in Flux
Plenty of press attention has been given to social media sites’ views on whether their users can use “handles” or pseudonyms instead of their real names. But much of the Internet’s social conversation remains dependent upon that dot-com staple, the anonymous message board. In
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Topic Archives: Privacy

What’s Not to Like?

New York Court to Criminal Defendant: Your Tweets May Be Used Against You

By: J. Alexander Lawrence

What’s Your Facebook Password?

A Dirty Job: TheDirty.com Cases Show the Limits of CDA Section 230

Caveat Emptor, Part II: A Brief Overview of Twitter’s Terms of Service and Related Documents

FTC’s Privacy Report Suggests Tightening of Privacy Regime, Provides Guidance to Business

By: Julie O'Neill

Key Moments in Social Media Law

Editor’s Predictions for 2012

By: Aaron P. Rubin

Proposed Facebook Settlement Underscores the FTC’s Privacy Priorities

By: Julie O'Neill

Standard for Discovery of Anonymous Internet Users’ Identities Remains in Flux