Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission to BakerHostetler’s Data Privacy Monitor blog. The much-anticipated Leveson Inquiry on the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press (“Leveson Report” or “Report”) was released on November 29, 2012. The inquiry leading to the Report was initiated as a response to ongoing reports and allegations of systemic… Continue Reading
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NLRB Decision Finds Social Media Provisions Unlawful
Posted in UncategorizedEditor’s Note: This post is a joint submission to BakerHostetler’s Data Privacy Mointor blog. Since June 2011, the Acting General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board has issued three reports outlining the position of his office on the applicability of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to employee policies that set rules for permissible social… Continue Reading
Twitter Transparency Report Reveals a Curious U.S. Government
Posted in UncategorizedOn the same day that a New York court decision requiring Twitter to produce user information went public, the company released its first ever Transparency Report. Going forward, this report will be issued on a biannual basis. The report provided a breakdown of requests for user information and content, by country, and compared the number… Continue Reading
Cautiously, Europe Embraces Government & Enterprise Cloud Computing
Posted in UncategorizedLast week the European Commission’s panel on privacy, commonly known as the Article 29 Working Party, provided long-awaited clarity (in the form of an “Opinion”) on whether and how European governments and private enterprise can utilize cloud computing technology in their operations, including processing personal information and other protected data. Cloud computing is a broad… Continue Reading
Facebook Implements California Consumer Privacy Protections In Rolling Out Its New App Center
Posted in UncategorizedAs part of the strategic rollout of its new App Center, Facebook wrote a letter (the “Letter”) [See the full letter from Facebook’s Chief Privacy Officer] to California’s Attorney General Kamala D. Harris (“CA Attorney General”) agreeing to become a signatory to, and implement the privacy protections detailed under, the CA Attorney General’s Joint Statement of… Continue Reading