Privacy & Security Law Report: Index-Summary

FACEBOOK

FAIR AND ACCURATE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS ACT (FACTA)

– FTC, House hearing, 470
– Personal data truncated on receipts

– – Aramark voucher settlement (W.D. Pa.), 284
– – Multi-Cinema, high damages consideration improper to reject class (9th Cir.), 1392
– – 1-800 Contacts, electronic confirmation (7th Cir.), 1218
– – Pay.gov, suit may proceed (Fed. Cir.), 1653
– – Processing hardware and software supplier, third part action (N.D. Ill.), 1366
– – Rave Motion Pictures, undefined class (N.D. Ala.), 317
– – Rule notoriety forecloses dismissal (D. Md.), 670
– – Terminal supplier, third part action (D. Minn.), 1696
– – Verizon Wireless class settlement (3d Cir.), 981

– Red flag rules

– – ABA litigation, 167; FTC appeals (D.C. Cir.), 354; state and local bar groups file amicus brief, 1281; oral argument set, 1366
– – Asset management businesses, compliance, BNA Insights, 330
– – Clarifications

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 6420, S 3987

– – Compliance deadline postponed, 825
– – Exclusions

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3416

– – First exam cycle, 495
– – Health care

– – – AMA litigation (D.D.C.), 757; stipulated order approved, 978
– – – Licensed health care professionals group's letter to FTC, 167
– – – Temporary exemption, 897
– – – Tenn. Medical Ass'n guidance, 88

– Risk-based pricing provisions, consumer disclosure rule, 27

FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT (FCRA)

– Agric. Dep't waived sovereign immunity, damages available (7th Cir.), 363
– Arrest records, work applicant class (E.D. Pa.), 799
– Collection agency and towing company credit report access (9th Cir.), 832
– Consumer disputes

– – Bank, reasonable investigation (U.S., rev den), 1403
– – Trans Union, inaccurate information unchanged, verdict stands, damages reduced (E.D. Pa.), 1392

– Court orders for entry purges or edits (E.D. Tex.), 1098
– Credit checks used in hiring

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3149

– Data furnishers (1st Cir.), 362
– Data Security Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3579

– Dental records released to collect debt (Cal. Ct. App.), 258
– Mortgage loans, data disposal, FTC penalty (D. Nev.), 134
– Red flag rules

– – Clarifications

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 6420, S 3987

– – Exclusions

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3416

– Spokeo databroker

– – Economic health assessments, class action (C.D. Cal.), 1124
– – FTC complaint (FTC), 1011

– Tenant screener (D. Md.), 282

FAXES

– Attorney's faxes, class action (N.D. Ill.), 1222
– Blast-faxing class action, insurance advertising injury provision (Fla.), 261
– France, CNIL enforcement warning, 1020; 1094
– Investment services marketer, TCPA violation (Mo.), 1014
– Junk faxes

– – France, clothing sale firm fined, 1459
– – TCPA class actions

– – – Cal. (S.D. Cal.), 839
– – – Dentists (N.D. Ill.), 1464
– – – Embroidery services (N.D. Ill.), 1668
– – – Event promotion (N.D. Ill.), 440
– – – Mich. (E.D. Mich.), 1258
– – – N.Y. (U.S., rvs and rem), 598
– – – Offer to named plaintiff (W.D. Wis.), 1737
– – – Pa., no insurance duty to defined (Pa.), 1281
– – – Wash., (W.D. Wash.), 1565

– Sweden, cross-border electronic communications, privacy assessment, 1702

FBI

See FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)

FCC

See FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)

FCPA

See FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT (FCPA)

FCRA

See FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT (FCRA)

FDA

See FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)

– Criminal database searches, Child Protection Improvements Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1469

– Informal requests for phone records, ECPA violations, IG report, 135
– National security letters (NSLs), nondisclosure (S.D.N.Y.), 532
– Witness text messages (D.N.J.), 1667

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)

– Broadband access

– – Authority

– – – Communications Act, congressional meetings, 956
– – – Impact of Comcast decision (D.C. Cir.), 525
– – – ISPs oversight, comments sought, 956
– – – Senate GOP skeptical, 957

– – Certification, comments sought, 702; industry comments, 1049; FTC comments, 1423
– – Cybersecurity workgroup suggestions, 312; collaboration and data sharing, 1561
– – Extension sought, 99
– – Industry comments, 169
– – Open meeting set, 354; agenda, 494
– – Plan released, 426; action plan includes cybersecurity certification program, 525; comments received, 633; House GOP members critical, 826
– – Public safety provisions, 354
– – Survey report, 324

– China supplying telecommunications infrastructure, concerns, 1501
– Data security safeguards, GAO report, 363
– Network neutrality, internet service providers (D.C. Cir.), 525

FEDERAL PREEMPTION

See PREEMPTION

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (FTC)

See also CONSUMER PROTECTION
– Advocacy groups' letter, 1047
– Appointments and personnel matters

– – Chief Technologist named, 1563
– – Commissioners

– – – Harbour resigns, 429; to head new practice group, 1257
– – – Senate confirms Brill and Ramirez, 355; sworn in, 531

– – Executive Director named, 1563

– Budget FY2011 justification summary, 228; FTC budget statement to panel, 758
– Data protection enforcement, BNA Insights, 1471
– Enforcement, CFPA impact, 1689
– EU, Article 29 Working Party meeting, 983
– Internet safety education efforts, 507
– Intl. Conf. of Data Protection and Privacy Comm'rs, full member, 1510
– Privacy framework, IAPP Summit, 612
– Regulatory authority

– – APA and Warranty Act, 1296
– – Reforms

– – – House bill

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4173

– – – Legislation opposed, enforcement standards needed, 1295
– – – Senate debate expected, FTC authority, 593

– Regulatory outlook, Special Report, 155
– Roundtables

– – Berkeley

– – – Agenda, 134
– – – Cloud computing, 187
– – – Mobile devices, 186
– – – Social networks, 186

– – Expert recommendations

– – – Authority, 481
– – – Harm based protections, 479
– – – Minimize risk while encouraging innovation, 475
– – – Next step for FTC, 478
– – – Notice and choice, inadequate tools, 476
– – – Substantive guarantees, 480
– – – Use and obligation model, 477

– – Report due, 1361
– – Third meeting

– – – Harbour address, 429
– – – Rich, closing remarks, BNA Insights, 474

– Rulemaking and litigation authority, Senate hearing, 428
– Self-regulatory framework, comments sought, 1642; Kerry (D-Mass) to seek legislation, 1645; House do-not-track hearing, 1645; BNA Insights, 1672; Vladeck address at IAPP conference, 1685; enforcement and data access implications, IAPP conference, 1688; analysis and implications, BNA Insights, 1709
– Social media best practices, BNA Insights, 875

FILE SHARING

– 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

– Data breaches

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2221

– Data security obligations, FTC warnings, 309
– France

– – Anti-crime bill, 288
– – IP address not used to identify suspect (CA Paris), 360
– – Music copyright holders authorized to track IP addresses, 903
– – Three-strikes law, CNIL delays, 64; final decree, 1127

– Government operations, Secure Federal File Sharing Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4098, S 3484

– Iceland, website injunction, 323
– IP address as personal data, Switzerland (BGer), 1306
– ISP account data privacy interest (D.D.C.), 768
– Italy, probe into efforts of anti-piracy group, 290
– Japan, movie group seeks three strikes law, 1507
– LimeWire, FTC inquiry, 1243
– Movie downloaders, subpoenas (D.D.C.), 869; file-sharing protected content, 1399
– Music

– – Arista Records

– – – ISP notice to anonymous subscribers (D.D.C.), 183
– – – P2P inducement (S.D.N.Y.), 838

– – Capitol Records, damages (D. Minn.), 185; jury verdict, 1567
– – Ireland, ISP net cut off policy (H. Ct.), 604; provision not available in Irish law, 1433
– – Sony, excessive damages reduced (D. Mass.), 1060

– New Zealand, web access cut off, 641
– Norway, injunction to order ISP to block website, 288
– Political or protected content, lawsuits raise anonymity questions, 1399
– Search and seizure

– – In-person law enforcement access (Me.), 389
– – iTunes files library shared over unsecured network (D. Ore.), 257
– – Keyword inquiry not search (9th Cir.), 389
– – Network security features (D. Mass.), 551

– Spain

– – Intellectual property law (Barcelona Commercial Ct.), 469
– – Patient data exposed (Spain A.N.), 396

– Sweden

– – Copyright law, 714
– – Intellectual property law, whether violates EU directives (NJA), 1335
– – Pirate Bay website, prison terms reduced, 1666
– – Website administrator's identity (Svea HovR), 837

– Teen web privacy risks, Senate Commerce panel hearing, 1085
– Torrent networks' design induced infringement (C.D. Cal.), 100
– United Kingdom

– – Digital economy bill

– – – Amendment, 95; House of Lords passes, 436; law takes effect, 557
– – – Identification rules (U.K. High. Ct.), 1019

– – File indexer (EWHC Ch.), 528
– – Law firm data breach, ICO probe, 1395

– User protections

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3027

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

See BANKING
– Credit cards

See CREDIT CARDS

– Money laundering

See MONEY LAUNDERING

– Securities

See SECURITIES

FINGERPRINTS

See also BIOMETRIC DATA
– Canada, MCAT test takers, 1203
– France, CNIL enforcement warning, 1020

FINLAND

– Data breaches, payment card data theft from merchant, 322

FIRST AMENDMENT

See FREEDOM OF SPEECH

FLASH MEMORY DEVICES

See DATA STORAGE DEVICES

FLORIDA

– Attorneys

– – Client communications, USB flash drive viewed (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.), 290
– – Court record confidentiality rules (Fla.), 608
– – Divorce, lawyer viewed e-mail from client's husband's account (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.), 241
– – Social networks, “friending” between lawyers and judges (Fla. Judicial Ethics Comm.), 242

– CAN-SPAM probe, internet marketer agrees to fines (Fla. AG), 667
– Data breaches, Certegy Check Services, settlement (Fla. A.G.), 601
– Driver's licenses

– – Ads in registration renewals (11th Cir.), 89
– – Sale of records, class certified (N.D. Fla.), 1695

– E-Verify use, 1023
– Medicaid data mining request, 1023; approved, 1099

FOIA

See FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA)

– Social media best practices, BNA Insights, 875

FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT (FCPA)

– Data transfers, BNA Insights, 1676
– E-discovery, BNA Insights, 1517
– Mobile phone forensics, BNA Insights, 1603

FORUM SELECTION

– ECPA, forum clause on state court (N.D. Cal.), 362

FRANCE

– Acadomia database, excessive comments, CNIL enforcement, 836
– Anti-crime bill, internet surveillance, 288
– Audit and training services firms, voluntary certification, 766
– Bank card blacklist, 395
– Banking, data collection rules, 797
– Biometric access control system, military clothing wholesaler, 797
– Cell phone tracking systems, inspections, 603
– CNIL

– – Annual report, evidence from surprise inspections inadmissible, 950
– – Attorneys, training agreement, 291
– – Authorization requests, web filing, 363
– – Corporate compliance guidance on outsourcing and data security, 1430
– – Enforcement actions report, 360; 469; 1020; 1094; 1660
– – On-site inspections planned, 436; inspections conducted, 603
– – Surprise inspections

– – – Data protection law, Natl. Assembly delays action, 1095
– – – Profil France, failure to notify subjects of rights (CE), 1540

– Copyright, three-strikes law, CNIL delays, 64; final decree, 1127
– Cross-border data sharing, CNIL unveils guidance website, 1369
– Data breaches, HSBC tax dispute

See SWITZERLAND

– Data protection

– – Amendments, 320; French Senate approves, 468; Natl. Assembly delays action, 1095
– – Correspondent, Google, 142

– Debtor database, personal comments, 321
– Digital signage equipped with cameras, inspections, 603; CNIL says subject to authorization, 1397
– E-mail

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

– Facebook

– – Negative postings, firings upheld, industrial arbitration council, 1661
– – Photo of bishop with insulting caption (TGI Paris), 604

– File sharing

– – IP address not used to identify suspect (CA Paris), 360
– – Music copyright holders authorized to track IP addresses, 903

– Finger-vein pattern authentication, bank test project, 503
– Gambling websites, CNIL to monitor data collection practices, 904
– Google Street View WiFi data collection, 911
– GPS

– – Facebook Places application, 1460
– – Workers must be told of use, 1460

– Junk faxes, clothing sale firm fined, 1459
– Right-to-forget charters, internet and online marketers sign, 1459
– Search engines, Bing, IP data retention, CNIL response, 142
– Smart water meters, CNIL audit, 1666
– SOX whistleblower hotlines, CNIL guidance, 1659; guidance update published, 1699
– SWIFT agreement, CNIL privacy concerns, 1131
– U.S. discovery procedures, concerns and guidance, 556
– Video surveillance of workers, 797

FRAUD

– API Trade scheme, injunction (N.D. Ill.), 987
– Cal. spam suit, heightened pleadings standards (9th Cir.), 1099
– Classmates.com, membership marketing class action (W.D. Wash.), 433
– Consumer Sentinel Network annual report of complaints, 313
– Debit card losses, survey report, 955
– Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, website, 607
– Gambling websites, France to monitor data collection practices, 904
– LifeLock, FTC enforcement action (D. Ariz.), 386
– Medicare and Medicaid

– – DME owner stole doctor IDs (S.D .Tex.), 397
– – Fla. data mining request, 1023; approved, 1099
– – Patient IDs furnished by government (4th Cir.), 260

– Microsoft online centralized alert system, 954
– Scareware scheme, indictments (N.D. Ill.), 840
– Securities, confidential witness deposition (2d Cir.), 643
– Spoofing, Truth in Caller ID Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1258, S 30

– SSN, intent to defraud government (1st Cir.), 987
– Taxation

– – Identity theft charges, social services worker (C.D. Cal.), 869
– – UBS, Swiss bank client names

See SWITZERLAND

– Trusted identities in cyberspace

– – Identity management

– – – BNA Insights, 1028
– – – Contracts and legislation, 1532

– – Private sector role, 1530
– – White House strategy, 936

– Unverified checks scam (9th Cir.), 764
– Web privacy certification seal firm, FTC charges (N.D. Ga.), 323

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

See also PUBLIC RECORDS
– Backlog, DOJ report, 1131
– Consumers' Checkbook, Medicare records request (U.S., rev den), 598; questions presented, 606
– Corporations, personal privacy interest (U.S., rev grant), 1369
– DOJ correspondence (D.D.C.), 507
– Faster FOIA Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3111

– Federal agency practices probed, 1257
– Guantanamo Bay detainees, attorney FOIA request (2d Cir.), 184; (U.S., rev den), 1403
– Ill., college student credit marketing law, 21
– Internal practices exemption (U.S., rev grant), 979
– IRS

– – Response handling, TIGTA report, 1308
– – Worker cash awards (N.D.N.Y.), 439

– Medicare reimbursement, FOIA request no violation of disclosure injunction (11th Cir.), 19
– Memorandum to honor new guidelines, 441
– N.Y. worker's compensation records (N.Y. App. Div.), 184
– Ombudsman office operation, 442
– SEC

– – Annual report, 242
– – Names of porn viewers (D. Colo.), 1736

– Transparency, Obama gets mixed reviews, 441
– Treasury Dep't

– – Annual report, 363
– – Rules update, 67; correcting amendment, 987

– Va. AG immune (4th Cir.), 1173
– Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, SEC

– – Bipartisan bill to delete exemption

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3717

– – Clarification

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 6086

– – Guidance, 1298
– – House Financial Services Comm. plan hearing, 1178; hearing held, 1298
– – House GOP measures

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5924, HR 5948, HR 5970

– – Kaufman (D-Del) speech, 1176
– – Retroactive application (SEC), 1179
– – SEC chair calls provision critical, 1176; Issa (R-Cal) challenges claims, 1192

– Warrantless NSA surveillance, lobbyists for immunity, FOIA request (9th Cir.), 315

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

– Anonymous web postings

– – Bankruptcy proceeding (E.D.N.Y.), 665
– – Commercial speech (9th Cir.), 1051
– – Defamation

– – – Bloggers, identification standard (N.C. Super. Ct.), 1099
– – – Newspaper website (Ill. App. Ct.), 833
– – – Tipster's identity sought from ISP (N.J. Super. Ct.), 528

– – N.J. media shield law, blogger (N.J. Super. Ct.), 642; review granted (N.J.), 1337
– – Newspaper website bloggers (W.D. Pa.), 388
– – Yahoo message board poster identification (N.D. Cal.), 800

– Arista Records copyright suit, ISP notice to anonymous subscribers (D.D.C.), 183
– China reaffirms web control, 868
– Data mining of prescription data

– – Me. law limiting sale valid (1st Cir.), 1168
– – Vt. ban overturned (2d Cir.), 1654

– Facebook, government pages but not state actor (N.D. Cal.), 1567
– File-sharing political or protected content, lawsuits raise anonymity questions, 1399
– Foreign judgments, SPEECH Act libel tourism law, 1191
– Ga., sex offender internet identifiers (N.D. Ga.), 506
– Movie downloaders, subpoenas (D.D.C.), 869; file-sharing protected content, 1399
– On-campus disruptive speech

– – Facebook, suspension fails test (S.D. Fla.), 324
– – MySpace, online speech and school disruption nexus (3d Cir.), 290

– Petitions

– – Wash., signatures as political speech (U.S., rev grant), 137; (oral arg), 636; (aff), 942
– – W. Va., public law disclosure (W. Va.), 1394

– Spain, online limits, 439
– SSN, Va. post ban unconstitutional (5th Cir.), 1125
– State e-commerce 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

– Truth-in-contributions campaign finance law (Or.), 767

FTC

See FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (FTC)