New Cop on the Block – FCC’s Proposed Data Privacy and Security Rulemaking for Broadband Internet Access Providers

By Suchismita Pahi and Alan L. Friel on May 11, 2016 Posted in Cybercrime, Data Breaches

In 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or global Commission) issued its Open Internet Order, applying Section 222 of the federal Communications Act to broadband Internet access services (BIAS), and in doing so took jurisdiction over privacy and data security matters for Internet Service Providers (ISPs). In doing so, it declined requests by some advocacy … Continue Reading

Mobile Apps That Appeal to Children Face Increased Regulatory Scrutiny

By Daniel Goldberg and Alan L. Friel on May 11, 2016 Posted in FTC

In September 2015, the Online Interest-based Advertising Accountability Program (Accountability Program) of the Advertising Self-regulatory Council (ASRC) began enforcing the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Guidelines for Mobile Advertising (Mobile Guidance) and now the inevitable has happened: the Accountability Program has issued three compliance decisions with mobile app publishers whose apps allegedly failed to comply with … Continue Reading

Obscured by the Cloud? Advanced Instructional Systems and the Scourge of Online IP Theft

By Geoffrey North on December 7, 2015 Posted in Uncategorized

The conveniences of cloud computing are many, but so are the dangers of doing business in the cloud. For businesses whose intellectual property is accessible in the cloud, there is the constant threat that that intellectual property will be stolen. There is an increasing belief that the threat of theft is not a nebulous eventuality, … Continue Reading