Privacy & Security Law Report: Index-Summary

E-COMMERCE

E-HEALTH

– Accreditation, nonprofit body drafts criteria, 428; criteria finalized, 1542
– Adoption progress, e-Health Initiative report, 1051
– Americans' opinions, Survey Report, 191
– Attitude toward privacy and security issues, ONC plans survey, 438
– Budget FY2011, 228
– Canada, New Brunswick law, 1225
– Challenges in securing data, Blumenthal, 939
– Claims data clearinghouses as e-records network, 827
– Consumer security risks, 1728
– Controlled substances e-prescribing rule, authentication, 827
– Data breach notification rule withdrawn, 1120
– Data breach risk, 89
– Data security, Legal Elec. Health Record Summit, 1251
– Data sharing, consumer consent options

– – Meaningful use sharing between providers, 463
– – ONC preparing report, 312; report released, 463

– Employment benefits, data security, 1692
– Evolving technology challenges, ABA summit, 1691
– Exchange infrastructure, White House report, 1692
– HIT Policy Comm. Chair, BNA Interview, 802
– HITECH Act

– – Community health centers, brief on effects, 439
– – Constitutional challenge (S.D.N.Y.), 769
– – De-identification standards

– – – BNA Insights, 675
– – – HHS workshop, 281; 384
– – – House panel hearing, 1425

– – EHR standards and certification final rule, 1043
– – Encryption, AMA guidance, 524
– – Fair Information Practices, GAO report, 281
– – HIPAA privacy and security rule changes, 256; BNA Insights, 1133; pharmaceutical companies, BNA Insights, 1226
– – Incentives

– – – Awards announced, 670
– – – Behavioral and mental health and substance abuse professionals and facilities

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5025

– – – HIPAA privacy and security rules, hospital group, 1648
– – – Hospital-based physicians, 291

– – “Meaningful use” definition

– – – Certification of products, HHS proposed rule, 355; workgroup adopts proposal, 716
– – – CMS proposed rule, 11; industry groups respond, 57; incentives tied HIPAA privacy compliance, 173; final rule, 1043
– – – Compliance oversight, webinar, 1194
– – – Implementation challenges, 635
– – – Sharing data without consent, 385
– – – Temporary certification for EHRs, 939

– – Office of the Natl. Coordinator for HIT

– – – Chief privacy officer named, 281
– – – Governance workgroup, state health data exchanges, 1389; HIT Policy Comm. to continue work on topic, 1648; Smart Card Alliance comments on authentication, 1693
– – – Interim final rule, 11; encryption standards, concerns, 168
– – – Personal health record roundtable discussion set, 1365; comments sought, 1563
– – – Task force formed to expedite issues, 826; “tiger team” holds inaugural meeting, 898; exposure issues examined, 940; focus shifts to state level data exchanges, 1050; HIT Policy Comm. approves recommendations, 1246; tiger team drafts transparent exchange recommendations, 1425

– – Privacy reference management model, 495
– – Reporting “large” breaches

– – – Compliance issues, 356
– – – Details of reports posted, 311
– – – Human medical research protection programs, 664
– – – State AG enforcement, 1245
– – – Status of rule and reports, 229
– – – Update, ABA webcast, 493

– – Research project grants, HHS, 11

– HITRUST certification, WellPoint accepts results, 898
– Information governance, Accenture report, 1218
– Intra-agency task force, 356
– Mobile technology developers, 1649
– Multiparty agreements, 940
– National Comm. on Vital and Health Statistics letter to HHS Sebelius, 1693
– National coordinator outlines goals, 635
– National trust framework, NHIN workgroup hearing, 549; workgroup concerns, 759
– N.H. personal health data privacy laws, 22
– Open source software, BNA Insights, 446
– Path forward, White House report, 1692
– Patient control of data, federal advisory panel, 1010
– Personal health records, CDT report, 1121
– Personally identifiable health information recommendations, tiger team meeting, 1087; HIT Policy Comm. adopts, 1121
– Privacy standards needed, Univ. of N.C. conference, 861
– Provider authentication

– – Tiger team seeks comments, 1501; draft recommendations, 1591; Smart Card Alliance comments on authentication, 1693
– – Verizon, identity credentials, 1649

– R.I. rule, ACLU complaint (R.I. Super. Ct.), 1014
– Software to allow access restrictions, 635
– State laws, HHS reports, 89
– Substance abuse data exchange FAQ, 906
– Survey, IT officials concerns, 1245
– Teleworkers fail to protect personal data, SSA IG report, 897
– Transmission exposure, ONC tiger team considers, 898; increased exposure should be met with increased safeguards, 940
– Transparent exchange practices, tiger team recommendations, 1425
– Trust seal program, ONC, 1097
– Use by office-based physicians, CDC study, 100
– User authentication, NHIN workgroup hearing, 56
– VA hospital, data security plan matter of agency discretion (D.P.R.), 317

E-MAIL

– Abuse, response costs (E.D. Va.), 358
– Advertising, address database purchase, consent verification (OLG Dusseldorf), 25
– Arista Records copyright suit, ISP notice to anonymous subscribers (D.D.C.), 183
– Attorneys

– – Divorce, lawyer viewed from client's husband's account (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.), 241
– – Ethics rules

– – – Data security, 644
– – – Metadata burden, 645

– – Privilege

– – – Anonymous source (W.D. Pa.), 362
– – – Assistance with attachments (S.D.N.Y.), 1258
– – – Employer access to work e-mail account (D.D.C.), 20
– – – Inadvertent production in discovery does not waive privilege (N.D. Ill.), 1393

– Bremen High Sch. Dist. bias suit, document preservation (N.D. Ill.), 987
– Broker data retention fine, 799
– Canada, employer accessed worker's e-mail on company computers, 1096
– CFAA “protected computers,” AOL e-mail servers (D. Neb.), 553
– Confidential files sent to personal e-mail, CFAA (N.D. Ill.), 139
– Criminal defendant access (U.S., rev den), 1403
– Data breaches

– – Ameritrade settlement (N.D. Cal.), 1592
– – Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Found. Trust, 908
– – Orange mass e-mailing includes customer addresses, 290

– Defamation

– – Google, IP disclosure (N.D. Cal.), 1308
– – Immunity, forwarded

– – – Added introduction (Cal. Ct. App.), 357
– – – Commentary (D.N.J.), 1667

– – Republication equated to website hosting (D.N.J.), 666
– – Subpoena seeks tipster's identity from ISP (N.J. Super. Ct.), 528

– Domain e-mail service not ISP (D. Idaho), 1600
– Employee policies

– – Accessing private account using corporate laptop (N.J.), 489
– – Electronics use and policies, BNA webinar, 1049

– FINRA fines, 1022
– France

– – Competition Auth. seizure of company messages (CA Versailles), 503
– – Employer's right to open files not labeled private (Cass. soc.), 96

– Gmail

– – China-based hacking breach, 86; China responds, 184; Senate resolution, 240
– – Scanned nonsubscriber e-mails, class suit (E.D. Tex.), 1731
– – Trade secrets, Bristol-Myers worker used (N.D.N.Y.), 266

– Google Buzz

– – Canada questions, 293
– – Class claims

– – – Cal. unfair competition (N.D. Cal.), 293; public disclosure tort, 526; consolidated complaint settlement, 1276; notice to Gmail users, 1533
– – – Rhode Island (D.R.I.), 434

– – Complaint (FTC), 294
– – House lawmakers seek FTC probe, 494

– Government, retention

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1387

– Hacking

– – Account data stolen (S.D. Tex.), 259
– – Palin account, CFAA search warrant (E.D. Tenn.), 600; authority to issue ECPA warrant , 800

– In-house counsel, privilege (ECJ), 1305
– Insulting e-mail just opinion (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 607
– Intercepted, employee's conviction upheld (7th Cir.), 1302
– ISP subpoenas, state official immune (11th Cir.), 1088
– Keylogger installation and e-mail monitoring (N.Y. Crim. Ct.), 666
– Labor union, mass e-mail campaign after layoff (E.D. Mich.), 767
– Laptop not electronic communications service or facility (W.D. Pa.), 1429
– Manager's covert reading not authorized (E.D. Va.), 20
– Mass. Open Meeting Law, privilege (D. Mass.), 1022
– Motion citing, content discovery (S.D. Miss.), 986
– Nonprofits, contact information includes e-mail (Cal. Ct. App.), 1464
– Norway, encryption of e-mailed pay stubs, 437
– Police sent death photos (Cal. Ct. App.), 267
– Posting on internet, whether interception (D. Colo.), 1370
– Public records

– – Metadata in home computer (Wash.), 1507
– – Personnel file includes worker performance messages (N.J. Super. App. Div.), 1736
– – Teacher (Wis.), 1100

– Reasonable expectation of privacy (6th Cir.), 1731
– Retention violations (SEC), 1024
– Risk management in economic downturn, audioconference, 94
– Spam

See SPAM

– Stored Communications Act

See STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT (SCA)

– Subpoena to third party provider (N.D. Cal.), 1536
– Sweden, cross-border electronic communications, privacy assessment, 1702
– United Kingdom enforcement

– – Lord Chief Justice's Office of Northern Ireland, 1505
– – Redstone Mortgages ordered to password protect messages, 323

– Verizon 2010 data breach investigations report, 1167
– Warrant rule, remote storage, Special Report, 618
– Whois data falsified, service by e-mail (W.D. Tenn.), 266
– Wiretap Act, e-mail rerouting when domain names obtained in settlement (S.D. Tex.), 1434

E-VERIFY SYSTEM

See ALIENS AND CITIZENSHIP

ECPA

See ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT (ECPA)

EDUCATION

See SCHOOLS

ELECTRICITY GRID

See HOMELAND SECURITY, subheading: Critical infrastructure

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

– Ed. Note: This heading covers electronic sales of goods and services and their regulation. Electronic mail is covered under E-MAIL. All other references to the web or the internet are found at INTERNET.
– Article 29 Working Party, meeting agenda, 639
– Behavioral targeting

See ADVERTISING

– Commerce Sec'y on cooperative privacy role, 700
– Data collection, House leaders query top websites, 1166; Facebook response, 1530
– Digital signatures

See ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES

– Do-not-track registry, FTC proposal, 1118
– FACT Act, 1-800 Contacts, electronic confirmation (7th Cir.), 1218
– Federal privacy legislation

– – BEST PRACTICES Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5777

– – Boucher (D-Va) data collection bill, discussion draft, 657; comment period opens, 658; Special Report, 804; comment period closes, 844; comments released, 873; panel discussion, 941; BNA Insights, 961; House panels may merge competing bills, 1118
– – Kerry (D-Mass) to draft privacy bill with Pryor (D-Ark), 1119; Kerry reacts to FTC framework report, 1645

– Gambling services

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2267

– International issues, federal interagency panel created, 1499; Commerce Dep't report review, 1690; online services submit comments, 1726
– Internet Policy Task Force, comments sought, 593; Commerce Sec'y speech, 700; comments received, Special Report, 958; inquiry expanded, symposium, 1120; comments received, now drafting green paper, 1501; House do-not-track hearing, 1645; green paper to assist White House task force, 1690; report calls for new office to set online privacy codes of conduct, 1721
– Ontario DPA annual report, 715
– Payment card data sharing restrictions

– – BNA Insights, 810
– – Data pass ban

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3386

– Privacy policies as marketing tool, 173
– State customer disclosure laws

– – Amazon.com, N.C. tax data demand (W.D. Wash.), 600; ACLU motion to intervene, 945; personal data request denied, 1504
– – Colo., Direct Marketing Assn. suit (D. Colo.), 1011

– State Dep't on global cooperation, 702
– Sweden, auto-address form violates national ID law, 1024
– Swiss online ID card, 713
– Terms of service “I accept” hyperlink (S.D. Ind.), 99
– Wall Street reforms

– – Senate debate expected, FTC authority, 593
– – Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

– – – Implementation

See WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT

– – – Legislative history

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4173

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT (ECPA)

– Child pornography, ISP subscriber data (11th Cir.), 471
– Classmates.com privacy policy change misled users about sharing data (W.D. Wash.), 432
– Cloud computing

– – House Judiciary panel hearing, 1325
– – Microsoft legislative proposal, 134
– – Senate Judiciary Comm. hearing, 1325

– E-mail

– – Deletions, facts needed (D. Conn.), 1225
– – ISP subpoenas, state official immune (11th Cir.), 1088
– – Posting on internet, whether interception (D. Colo.), 1370
– – Remote storage, Special Report, 618

– Facebook Beacon program, class settlement fairness hearing set (N.D. Cal.), 175; new class claims, 283; settlement approved, 432; attorneys' fees and costs, 839; notice of voluntary dismissal, 1124
– FBI, informal requests for phone records, ECPA violations, IG report, 135
– Forum clause on state court (N.D. Cal.), 362
– Gmail, scanned nonsubscriber e-mails, class suit (E.D. Tex.), 1731
– ISP broadband monitoring with NebuAd, class complaint (D. Mont.), 357
– iTunes files library shared over unsecured network (D. Ore.), 257
– Laptop not electronic communications service or facility (W.D. Pa.), 1429
– Reforms

– – Due Process Coalition proposal, 492
– – House hearing, 660

– Surveillance, school district use of laptop webcams (E.D. Pa.), 314; settlement, 1426
– Update, CDT, 182
– Warrants, authority to issue (E.D. Tenn.), 800

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

– Ed. Note: For a list of selected articles, BNA products, and internet sources, see back page of each issue.

ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES

– ERISA annual report e-filing, 1224
– Insurance authentication rule (E.D.N.Y.), 100
– Paraguay, Senate passed, 904; changes to vetoed law, 1256

ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE

See SURVEILLANCE

EMOTIONAL DISTRESS

– HIV status, emotional harm as Privacy Act actual damages (9th Cir.), 316
– Police e-mailed death photos (Cal. Ct. App.), 267
– VA medical disclosure, emotional distress as “actual harm” (U.S., rev den), 386; 396

EMPLOYMENT ISSUES

– AIDS status, Walgreens prescription database (Tenn. Ct. App.), 1667
– Aliens, worker eligibility for employment

See ALIENS AND CITIZENSHIP

– Arrest records, FCRA work applicant class (E.D. Pa.), 799
– Background checks

See BACKGROUND CHECKS

– Biometric worker identity cards, Senate draft bill, 628; Cato Inst. and ACLU opinions, 628
– Cal. police cell phone privacy law, 1258
– Computer access and misuse

– – CFAA claims

See COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT (CFAA)

– – Legitimate business reasons (Tenn. Ct. App.), 471
– – N.J. data access law does not cover misuse (N.J. Super. Ct.), 670

– Data breaches

– – Aetna, risk of identity theft (E.D. Pa.), 387
– – American Airlines, 1024
– – Gap stores, future identity theft risk (9th Cir.), 831
– – Griffin Hosp. breach by fired radiologist, Conn. AG probe, 501
– – Iowa Racing and Gaming Comm'n, 241
– – Mayo Clinic fires worker for unauthorized access, 1308
– – Starbucks workers' breach claim (9th Cir.), 1729

– Data security risk management in economic downturn, audioconference, 94
– Disability claims, health exam taped through public window (M.D. Tenn.), 1594
– Discrimination suits

See DISCRIMINATION

– Drug testing

See DRUG TESTING

– E-discovery

– – Development and trends study, 1166
– – Downsizings and business closings, BNA Insights, 371

– E-mail

See E-MAIL

– Electronics use and policies, BNA webinar, 1049
– Equal Employment for All

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3149

– Firefighter computer usage policy, fired for watching violent videos (Ohio Ct. App.), 27
– FTC endorsement rules, employer liability for employee online conduct, 14
– Genetic data, use by employers

See GENETIC INFORMATION

– Germany

– – Data protection rules, BNA Insights, 535
– – Drugstore chain retained worker health data, 141
– – Preemployment blood and urine tests, 504
– – Privacy legislation, BNA Insights, 1348

– Global positioning system (GPS) devices

– – Fire inspectors' vehicles (Conn.), 90
– – France, workers must be told, 1460

– Graduates' employment data, GAO report, 1369
– Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, draft, 291
– In-house counsel, privilege (ECJ), 1305
– Italy

– – Conflict of interest checks, 1098
– – Worker image uses, 471

– Job growth, privacy rules may threaten, 641
– Mass., personnel records law, 1340
– Medical marijuana, workplace policies, Special Report, 727
– Mobile devices as tools, BNA Insights, 849
– N.Y. public sector worker SSN law, 66
– Norway

– – Access data collection, 1129
– – Encryption of e-mailed pay stubs, 437

– OSHA injury record system, 1009
– Personal data transfers overseas, IAPP Summit, 615
– Personnel files used in deposition (U.S., rev den), 1541
– Pornography viewed on work computers

See PORNOGRAPHY

– Prison personnel

– – Data disclosed, entire course of conduct examined (6th Cir.), 1457
– – Guards, employee vehicle search policy (8th Cir.), 1052

– Rehabilitation Act

– – DHS violation (S.D. Cal.), 763
– – View health records in private, 462

– Smartphones, government business use survey, 549
– Smokers, Mo. hospital to test new hires, 1650
– Social networking websites

– – Best practices, BNA Insights, 875
– – Corporate use policies, BNA Insights, 647
– – Disclaimers, Special Report, 1601
– – Executive contracts, seminar, 907
– – HIPAA violations

– – – Oakwood Hosp., technician fired after Facebook post, 1199
– – – San Diego area hospital workers fired, 860

– – Negative Facebook postings

– – – Canada, firings upheld (B.C.L.R.B.), 1539
– – – France, firings upheld, industrial arbitration council, 1661
– – – Unfair labor practice complaint (NLRB), 1564; Special Report, 1601

– – Sexual harassment suits, Special Report, 1065

– SSNs, refusal to provide employer (D. Ariz.), 1060
– Surveillance

– – Fire and police worker calls recorded (1st Cir.), 390
– – France, access to employee work station during absence, 1094
– – Germany, videotaping, 1253
– – GPS secretly installed in fire inspectors' vehicles (Conn.), 90
– – Keylogger installation and e-mail monitoring (N.Y. Crim. Ct.), 666
– – Police sergeant's text messages, reasonable expectation of privacy (U.S., rev grant), Analysis and Perspective, 35; (oral arg set), 289; (amicus brief filed), 472; questions for review, 473; questions presented, 531; oral arguments held, 609; (rvs), 893; lessons learned, BNA Insights, 1262
– – Train operators (C.D. Cal.), 1012
– – U.K., ICO report, 1598
– – Wiretapping

– – – Liability, knowledge of illegal interception required (7th Cir.), 1303
– – – Police officer suspected of tipping off drug dealers (N.C. Ct. App.), 390

– Technology policy reviews, 672
– Technology use implications, 673
– Telework

– – Federal employees

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 707, HR 1722

– – SSA teleworkers fail to protect personal data, IG report, 897

– Tex. negligent hire claim, credit card theft by hospital workers (Tex. Ct. App.), 1332
– Trade secrets

See TRADE SECRETS

– U.K., workers steal data, survey, 1666
– Union nonmember ability to object to personal data disclosure (Cal. Ct. App.), 1730

ENCRYPTION

– BlackBerry

– – India deadline, 1201; agreement, 1241
– – Saudi Arabia ban, 1172; agreement reached, 1201
– – UAE ban, 1172; BlackBerry compliant, 1430

– E-health records

– – AMA guidance, 524
– – HHS privacy and security workgroup meeting, 168

– EC study on privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), 1092
– LifeLock, FTC enforcement action (D. Ariz.), 386
– Mass. data security rules

– – BNA Interview, 327
– – Compliance, BNA Insights, 330
– – Practice Aid, 40

– National Archives, GAO report, 1542
– Nev. data security law, Practice Aid, 40
– Norway, e-mailed pay stubs, 437
– Ontario health agencies, mobile devices, 145
– Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)

– – Compliance, survey report, 406
– – Guidance, 1424
– – Nev. law, Practice Aid, 40
– – Version 2.0, 1217

– Russia, database operator compliance deadline, 23
– State legislation outlook, Special Report, 68
– U.K. ICO orders

– – E-mail, Redstone Mortgages, 323
– – Portable and mobile devices

– – – Alzheimer's Soc., 291
– – – Ass'n of Teachers and Lecturers, 241
– – – Highland Council, 505
– – – Lampeter Medical Practices, 839
– – – Northern Ireland's Dep't of Finance and Personnel, 27
– – – Royal London Mut. Ins. Soc'y, 439
– – – St. Albans City and Dist. Council, 506
– – – Shropshire Council, 27
– – – Southampton Univ. Hosp. NHS Trust, 145
– – – Warwickshire Country Council, 506
– – – West Berkshire Council, 839
– – – Yorkshire Building Society, 1285
– – – Zurich Ins., 471

ENERGY DEPARTMENT (DOE)

– Security clearances, Muslim physicist clearance revoked, separation of powers (3d Cir.), 146
– Smart grid, cybersecurity public roundtable session, 978; report, 1397

ENGLAND

See UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

ESTONIA

– OECD invitation to join, 714; welcomed as member, 838

EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

See also individual member nations
– Accounting, foreign firm inspections, 939
– Airport body scans, EC considers proposal, 64
– Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement talks

– – Draft released, 598; latest round of talks, 984; talks end without release of draft, 1022; latest session ends, 1246; draft leaked, 1276; final draft, 1390
– – EU laws, industry comments, 180; EC stakeholder conference set, 262
– – Three strikes provision, 23; Hustinx opinion, 319
– – Transparency, Wyden (D-Or.) letter, 87; issues to be released not negotiating drafts, 138; EU Parliament threatens suit, 395

– Article 29 Working Party

– – 2010-2011 work program, 397
– – Behavioral targeting, final opinion, 947; Special Report, 988
– – Discovery procedures, concerns and guidance, 556
– – Facebook privacy defaults, 710
– – Hustinx, BNA Interview, 398; 1705
– – Israel and Andorra adequacy opinions, 51; Ireland questions Israel privacy framework, 1056; EU suspends Israel review, 1284; EU panel opinion, 1497
– – Plenary meetings, May agenda, 639; data sharing letters to websites, 710; July agenda includes RFID, 983; Dec. agenda, 1596
– – RFID on July agenda, 983; opinion on self-regulation, 1093
– – Roles of “controllers” and “processors,” 279; analyst reaction split, Special Report, 325
– – Search engine IP data retention, letters sent, 795
– – 74th meeting agenda, 267; chair named, 286
– – Standard contractual clauses, Art. 29 Working Party FAQs, 1099
– – 2008 annual report, 97

– Attorney-client privilege, in-house counsel (ECJ), 1305
– Aviation security, joint declaration with U.S., 146
– Beer lobbyist meeting attendees, records request, 983
– Behavioral advertising

– – Consumer consent, BNA insights, 775
– – European Parliament panel report, 1597
– – Phorm tracking, complaint (E.C.J.), 1394

– Binding corporate rules

– – Approvals, BP and JPMorgan Chase, 755
– – Data processors, BNA Insights, 996

– Car crash emergency call system, 1224
– Cloud computing

– – Microsoft lawyer's speech, 172
– – Risks, BNA Insights, 269

– Cookies

– – Directive, BNA Insights, 402
– – Re-spawning, EU industry group condemns, 1395

– Copyright enforcement harmony, study, 240
– Data breach notification, conference, 1657
– Data controllers, Art. 29 opinions, 1658
– Data protection

– – Accountability, Art. 29 Working Party opinion, 1063
– – Amendments, proposals, 1527
– – Comparative study report, 1091
– – Differences undercut privacy framework, 711
– – Facebook Places feature, 1255
– – Framework

– – – Article 29 Working Party comments, 63
– – – Revisions delayed, 1163

– – Global privacy law framework, Spain supports Madrid Resolution, 559
– – Monetary penalties, 131
– – New Zealand, cross-border data sharing, EU adequacy consideration, 1256; royal assent, 1287; Article 29 Working Party Dec. meeting agenda, 1596
– – Privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), EC study, 1092
– – Revision proposal due soon, 1305; preliminary proposals, 1527; goals, BNA Insights, 1574; Article 29 Working Party Dec. meeting agenda, 1596
– – Smartphones, ENISA report, 1735
– – Spain, parts of law voided (T.S.), 1126
– – U.K. infringement case, 949; Ministry of Justice seeks comments, 1018; U.K. responds to EU concerns, 1285; ICO comments, 1396
– – Uruguay adequacy considered, 865; Art. 29 Party opinion, 1421

– Data retention

– – Art. 29 Working Party opinion, 1062
– – Sweden implementation date, 263; bill introduced, 1598

– Data sharing

– – ENISA report, incentives and barriers, 1307
– – Instruments studied for future model, 1090
– – U.S. framework agreement

– – – Atlantic Council forum, 1053
– – – EU seeks mandate, 1504; Art. 29 comments, 1659; EC mandate to negotiate, 1698
– – – Working papers, concerns, 1306

– DPA coalition for internet privacy principles, 592; Google reaction, 711
– E-Privacy Directive

– – Behavioral advertising

– – – Analysis and Perspective, 72
– – – BNA Insights, 1101

– – IAPP Summit, 613
– – Italy, telemarketing databases, 237
– – Netherlands, breach notice requirement for all sectors, 286
– – Rapporteur Alvaro, BNA Interview, 1467
– – U.K. implementation proposals, 1334

– Law enforcement data sharing

– – Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, BNA Insights, 1676
– – Public consultation, 262
– – Switzerland implementation of Schengen Pact, 866
– – Working papers, concerns, 1306; Art. 29 comments on framework pact, 1659

– Lisbon Treaty

– – Impacts, BNA Insights, 576
– – U.K. E-Borders, traveler tracking may violate, 26

– Marketing

– – Data sharing, EDPS calls for stronger privacy framework, 1125
– – Personal data use online, Art. 29 Working Party opinion, 1064

– Money laundering, Spain seeks EU Harmony, 671
– Outsourcing

– – Adequacy determinations sought, 52
– – Standard contractual clauses, 253; BNA Insights, 563; Art. 29 Working Party FAQs, 1099

– Parliament, Congressional liaison office, 642
– Privacy-by-design, EDPS opinion, 466
– Search engines, IP data retention

– – Bing, CNIL response, 142
– – Google, 142

– Spam, ENISA annual survey, 146
– Terrorism financing, SWIFT agreement debate, privacy guarantees, 141; EU Parliament rejects temporary pact, 261; mandate for new talks, 465; U.S. Attorney General meeting with Spain's PM, 554; EU debates deal, 901; Hustinx says protection inadequate, 948; compromise reached, 948; EU advisory panel warning, 975; EU Parliament final approval, 1017; France CNIL privacy concerns, 1131; EC overseer to vet U.S. requests, 1252; EU seeks mandate for framework agreement, 1504

EVIDENCE

– Anonymous web postings

– – Bankruptcy proceeding (E.D.N.Y.), 665
– – Bloggers

– – – Failure to identify creates discovery need (D. Colo.), 955
– – – Identification standard (N.C. Super. Ct.), 1099
– – – Newspaper website (W.D. Pa.), 388

– – Commercial speech (9th Cir.), 1051
– – Defamation

– – – Expedited ex parte discovery (D. Utah), 1398
– – – IP disclosure (N.D. Cal.), 1308
– – – Tipster's identity sought from ISP (N.J. Super. Ct.), 528

– Bankruptcy, third party records reside with debtor (E.D. Cal.), 793
– Bremen High Sch. Dist. bias suit, document preservation (N.D. Ill.), 987
– Child pornography, ISP subscriber data (11th Cir.), 471
– Computers

– – Futile search testimony, no printout needed (9th Cir.), 1600
– – Subpoena treated as search warrant (Colo.), 1023

– Digital scans of medical records (W. Va.), 1022
– Discovery procedures, French concerns, Art. 29 Party guidance, 556
– Domain name registrant's identity, discovery (N.D. Cal.), 282
– E-discovery

– – Attorney-client privilege, e-mail inadvertently produced (N.D. Ill.), 1393
– – Business downsizings and closings, BNA Insights, 371
– – Corporate counsel preparedness, survey report, 1745
– – Development and trends study, 1166
– – Disaggregation of legal tasks, 525
– – Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, BNA Insights, 1517
– – Guidance possible, 1651
– – Spoliation (D. Md.), BNA Insights, 1412

– E-mail

– – Cited in motion (S.D. Miss.), 986
– – Reasonable expectation of privacy (6th Cir.), 1731

– Expectation of privacy, TRO banning some file deletions (Mich. Ct. App.), 315
– FBI-witness text messages (D.N.J.), 1667
– File-sharing political or protected content, lawsuits raise anonymity questions, 1399
– Files and e-mails deleted, facts needed (D. Conn.), 1225
– France, CNIL surprise inspections, 950
– Game firm's request for domain registrar, ISP, and e-payment user data (N.D. Cal.), 831
– HIV status, hospital discovery barred (Cal. Ct. App.), 1428
– Internet service providers

– – Account data privacy interest (D.D.C.), 768
– – Law enforcement, flawed data demands, class actions (Ga. Super. Ct.), 1534

– Magazine publishers, AT&T and Google account data of alleged hackers (S.D.N.Y.), 19
– Mental health record access, ADA claims only for physical damages (N.D. Ill.), 1502
– Metadata production delay (N.D. Ill.), 1061
– Mobile phone forensics, BNA Insights, 1603
– Movie downloaders, subpoenas (D.D.C.), 869; file-sharing protected content, 1399
– Native format request (D. Minn.), 101
– Private investigator use, Special Report, 913
– Privileged communications

See PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS

– Red light cameras, unlicensed operations (5th Cir.), 499
– Retaliation, HR executive allowed to use improperly purloined document (N.J.), 1732
– SEC FOIA shield, retroactive application (SEC), 1179
– Social networking websites

– – Attorneys, warnings at ABA conference, 1195
– – Loss of enjoyment of life claims (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 1507
– – MySpace

– – – Gangster profile of accused inadmissible (11th Cir.), 838
– – – Profile identity may be authenticated through context (Md. Ct. Spec. App.), 868

– – Postings discoverable (Pa. Ct. C.P.), 1535
– – Private messages not discoverable via subpoena (C.D. Cal.), 899
– – Sexual harassment, mental trauma claims, discovery of profiles (S.D. Ind.), 862

– “Squawk boxes,” oral arguments held (E.D.N.Y.), 559; motion to dismiss denied, 1175
– Trade secrets, computer exam ordered (D. Conn.), 1023
– UBS, Swiss bank client names

See SWITZERLAND

– Video surveillance sought in PIPEDA probe, insurer privilege claims (Fed. Ct.), 1096
– Wiretapping

– – Access to redacted portions of application (9th Cir.), 184
– – Principal eavesdropped on private call (U.S., rev den), 1700
– – Recording and sealing requirements (2d Cir.), 1197

– Wrongful death, hard drive and cell phone file access (Fla. Dist. App.), 793

EXECUTIVE ORDERS

– Classified national security information, 8
– Controlled unclassified data management, 1592
– Public trust positions, OPM rules, 1568

EXTORTION

– Medical Express, CFAA provisions (S.D. Ind.), 91