Wednesday, December 11th at Noon Pacific Time Dial-in number 855-520-7605 / Passcode 1211276419# This fall I termed out as Chair of the Technology, Internet and Privacy (“TIP”) Working Group of the California Lawyer’s Association’s IP Section and as a member of the IP Section Executive Committee. I currently am co-chair of the CLA’s Business Law…
In 2019, the nation’s first registry of data brokers went online after Vermont’s data broker registry went into effect. In October, California followed suit when Governor Newsom signed AB 1202 – the Data Broker Registration Act. In enacting the bill, the legislature explained: Companies regularly and systematically collect, analyze, share, and sell the personal information…
The Internet Law Center’s award-winning newsletter featuring the debate over online privacy sparked by the California Consumer Privacy Act is below.
In 2018, the state of Vermont enacted the nation’s first law regulating data brokers which went into effect on January 1, 2019. Data brokers were required to register by February 1, 2019. The law defines a data broker as a business that “knowingly collects and sells or licenses to third parties the brokered personal information…
Last week credit reporting agency Equifax announced a data breach in which hackers gained access to data for approximately 143 million Americans (or approximately 44 percent of the population). As some have noted, this is not the biggest data breach in history, but it may be the worst. What Data Was Hacked According to Equifax,…
The FTC released its Staff Report, Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues, that looks specifically at big data at the end of its lifecycle – how it is used after being collected and analyzed, and draws on information from the FTC’s 2014 workshop, “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?,”…
The new Mozilla ad campaign argues the Internet is “being hijacked by big corporations that are turning people into products without their knowledge or consent.” It certainly grabs your attention. Check it out.
This week the Federal Trade Commission will have a banquet and symposium celebrating its 100th anniversary (with more than 20 past and current FTC officials). The FTC Act, which gave the agency the power to regulate “unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce,”…
White House Enlists John Podesta to Conduct Review of Big Data Former Chief of Staff to President Clinton, John Podesta, has been enlisted by President Obama to work with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz, the President’s Science Advisor John Holdren, the President’s Economic Advisor Gene Sperling and other senior government officials to lead…
In a June 26th address to the 23rd Computers Freedom and Privacy Conference, FTC Commissioner Julie Brill seized on the Snowden scandal as a means to take the offensive on this issue. For Brill this means: launching her campaign for “Reclaim Your Name” under which consumers can learn what information is collected about them; and linking…
The Economics of PRISM and the Internet June 24, 2013 GO TO SITE TO COMMENT While much has been said about the recent leak regarding the NSA PRISM program, little has been said of its economic impact. Consider the fact that a 2011 McKinsey study found that the Internet contributed to 21 percent of the GDP growth…
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OBAMA LOOKS WEST FOR NEW FTC CHAIR On Monday, FTC Commissioner Edith Ramirez takes over as FTC Chairwoman. Ramirez, a law school classmate of the President and former partner at the Los Angeles office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, is the FTC’s first Latina chair. She previously has expressed strong interest in privacy stressing that she…
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