Privacy & Security Law Report: Index-Summary

P2P NETWORKS

See FILE SHARING

PARAGUAY

– Electronic signature bill, Senate passed, 904; changes to vetoed law, 1256

PASSPORTS

See TRAVEL DOCUMENTS

PATENTS

– Invention Secrecy Act damages (Fed. Cir.), 671

PATRIOT ACT

– Extension

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3326, HR 3961

– Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, procedures, 1288
– National security letters (NSLs), nondisclosure (S.D.N.Y.), 532

PAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY DATA SECURITY STANDARD (PCI DSS)

See CREDIT CARDS

PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) NETWORKS

See FILE SHARING

PENNSYLVANIA

– Attorney web offices, ethics opinion, 1437
– Data disposal law, 1458
– Junk faxes, TCPA, no insurance duty to defend (Pa.), 1281
– Medicaid managed plans report loss of flash drive, 1458
– Social networking sites, postings discoverable (Pa. Ct. C.P.), 1535
– Surveillance, school district use of laptop webcams (E.D. Pa.), 314; settlement, 1426

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII)

– Background checks

See BACKGROUND CHECKS

– 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
– Cyber-Privacy Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5108

– Data breaches

See DATA BREACHES

– Data retention

See DATA RETENTION

– Ind., AG authority to secure abandoned personal data, 1132
– Mexico, data protection bill, 545; Senate vote expected, 606; Senate approves, 627; BNA Insights, 883; effective date, 1016
– Protections, NIST guidance, 560
– Teleworkers fail to protect personal data, SSA IG report, 897
– Trusted companies, Ponemon survey report, 335
– Wis., cancer registry disclosure rules, 1175

PHARMACEUTICALS

See generally PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

PHISHING

– Activity trends report, 185
– Canada, anti-spam bill introduced, 794; law approved, 1734
– Rogue ISP given final change to answer allegations (N.D. Cal.), 282; permanent injunction, reduced disgorgement award, 762
– Social websites targeted, 1122
– South African bank customers, 266
– Utah amendment, 562

PHONE RECORDS

– FBI, informal requests for phone records, ECPA violations, IG report, 135

PHOTOCOPIERS

See OFFICE EQUIPMENT

PIAs

See PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (PIAs)

PII

See PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII)

POLAND

– Data protection chief takes office, 1174

POLICE

– Arrest records, FCRA work applicant class (E.D. Pa.), 799
– Bail DNA sample requirement (9th Cir.), 1371
– Cell phones

– – Cal. police phone privacy law, 1258
– – Right to telephone call, use of officer's phone (Mass.), 869
– – Warrantless recording (Mont.), 1537

– China, state secrets leak investigations, 639
– Data mining, Constitution Project report, 1725
– Death photos e-mailed (Cal. Ct. App.), 267
– DNA databases

– – Juvenile offender (Ky.), 559
– – U.K. arrestees, data retention, 558

– Identity theft, fake name (Ky.), 1060
– “John Doe” arrest warrant, DNA profile (Cal.), 241
– Law enforcement data sharing

– – Anti-terrorism EU-U.S. framework, Atlantic Council forum, 1053; EC mandate to negotiate, 1698
– – Argentina, U.S. stops sharing data, 1599
– – EU public consultation, 262
– – FinCEN proposed rule, concerns, 8
– – Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, BNA Insights, 1676
– – Germany, telecommunications law (BVerfG), 351
– – Passenger name record (PNR) data, transfer of data outside EU, 1333; Article 29 Working Party statement, 1595; talks start, 1698
– – Spain, new law, 1131
– – Switzerland implementation of Schengen Pact, 866
– – Working papers, concerns, 1306; Art. 29 comments on framework pact, 1659

– Money laundering, collaboration with FinCEN, 642
– Motor vehicle license plates, Dutch police data matching program, 181
– Probation officers, disclosure of tax return data, 870
– Telephone calls recorded (1st Cir.), 390
– 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
– Traffic stops

– – Ind., record checks (Ind.), 99
– – Passenger background checks (1st Cir.), 643

– Wiretapping, officer suspected of tipping off drug dealers (N.C. Ct. App.), 390

PORNOGRAPHY

– CFAA “protected computers,” AOL e-mail servers (D. Neb.), 553
– Children

See CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

– SEC workers, names of porn viewers (D. Colo.), 1736
– Union-compliant e-policy (D. Mass.), 1131

PREEMPTION

– CAN-SPAM Act

– – Asis drops last open lawsuit (N.D. Cal.), 1336
– – Misrepresentation

– – – Fact-finder issue (N.D. Cal.), 554
– – – Multiple domain names (Cal.), 943

– – Particularity required more than subject line list (N.D. Cal.), 21
– – Reunion.com misleading e-mail headers (N.D. Cal.), 553
– – Specific damages (N.D. Cal.), 709

– Credit checks used in hiring

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3149

– Data Accountability and Trust Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2221

– Data Security Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3579

– FCRA

– – Consumer disputes report information, investigation (U.S, rev den), 1403
– – Dental records released to collect debt (Cal. Ct. App.), 258

– GLBA, hedge fund defunct, right to investor names (Del.), 1249
– Immigration Reform and Control Act, E-Verify, Ariz. use mandate (U.S., rev grant), 980; Am. Constitutional Soc. briefing, 1652; (oral arg. held), 1695
– Personal Data Privacy and Security Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1490

– Robocalls

– – FCC meeting to discuss, 9
– – FEC draft advisory opinions, 9; requester responds, 55; group withdraws request, 85

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

– Baseball player steroid use, computer search guidance (9th Cir.), 1301
– Controlled substances e-prescribing rule, authentication, 827
– CVS Caremark

– – Antitrust, FTC probe, 1561
– – Class actions, protected health information claims (S.D. Tex.), 1390

– Data mining of prescription data

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

– HITECH Act data privacy rules, BNA Insights, 1226
– Internet marketing practices (FTC), 1647
– Me. child marketing law, Special Report, 70
– Novartis, Facebook link on Tasigna website, 1192
– Psychotherapist-patient, prescribing data (Mass.), 1282
– Rite Aid improper data disposal, 1117
– Trade secrets, Bristol-Myers worker used Gmail account (N.D.N.Y.), 266
– Va. Prescription Monitoring Program database breach, 255
– Worker's AIDS status, Walgreens prescription database (Tenn. Ct. App.), 1667

PRETEXTING

– Data Accountability and Trust Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2221

– Private investigator use by attorneys, Special Report, 913

PRISONS AND JAILS

– Bail DNA sample requirement (9th Cir.), 1371
– E-mail, subpoena to third party provider (N.D. Cal.), 1536
– Employee vehicle search policy (8th Cir.), 1052
– Personnel data disclosed, entire course of conduct examined (6th Cir.), 1457
– Post-sentence commitment evaluation (9th Cir.), 1174

PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (PIAs)

– Hong Kong guidance, 1131
– Intelligence Authorization Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3611

– IRS website update, 266
– RFID

– – EU opinion on self-regulation, 1093
– – Germany, guidance, 1093

PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS

– Attorneys

– – Addiction rehabilitation programs (La.), 1173
– – Blog posts (N.D. Cal.), 1666
– – Cloud storage of confidential data

– – – Ala. State Bar ethics opinion, 1697
– – – N.Y. State Bar Ass'n, 1503

– – Cyberoffices, Pa. Bar Ass'n, 1437
– – Data security, ethics rules, 644
– – Digital scans of medical records (W. Va.), 1022
– – E-mail

– – – Anonymous source (W.D. Pa.), 362
– – – Assistance with attachments (S.D.N.Y.), 1258
– – – Divorce, lawyer viewed from client's husband's account (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.), 241
– – – Employee policies, accessing private account using corporate laptop (N.J.), 489
– – – France, Competition Auth. seizure of company messages (CA Versailles), 503
– – – Inadvertent production in discovery does not waive privilege (N.D. Ill.), 1393
– – – Mass. Open Meeting Law (D. Mass.), 1022
– – – Work account (D.D.C.), 20

– – Guantanamo Bay detainees, attorney FOIA request (2d Cir.), 184; (U.S., rev den), 1403
– – In-house counsel (ECJ), 1305
– – Internet use, ABA Ethics Comm'n seeks comments, 1372
– – Metadata burden, ethics rules, 645
– – New index numbers for copies (E.D. Mich.), 100
– – Social networking websites, warnings at ABA conference, 1195
– – Stolen records, ethical duties, BNA Insight, 1485
– – Tax data cross-border cooperation, 1252
– – Taxation, disclosure to auditing firm, 1426
– – USB flash drive viewed (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.), 290
– – Wiretap of call to counsel (Cal.), 1174

– Cleric-penitent (N.J.), 608
– Doctors

– – Alaska Medicaid Fraud Unit seizure of women's clinic files (Alaska Super. Ct.), 981
– – Ex parte contacts

– – – Georgia (Ga.), 839
– – – Kan. (D. Kan.), 1655
– – – Michigan (Mich.), 1099; (U.S., rev sought), 1502
– – – Nonparty providers (Mo.), 1258

– – Hospital disclosed records after subpoena (N.D. Ohio), 259
– – Nonparty records discovery (S.D. Ind.), 643
– – Warrants compliance (N.H.), 715

– Insurer, Canada, PIPEDA probe of video surveillance (Fed. Ct.), 1096
– Media shield

– – Mortgage news and ranking service (N.H.), 710
– – Wis. law, 870

– Psychotherapist-patient

– – ADA claims only for physical damages (N.D. Ill.), 1502
– – Prescribing data (Mass.), 1282

– Social networking sites, postings discoverable (Pa. Ct. C.P.), 1535
– Tax data, formal exchange of information agreement, 860

PROCEDURE

– Bankruptcy, e-filings included SSN (Bankr. S.D. Ind.), 945
– Class actions

See CLASS ACTIONS

– Criminal

See CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

– Evidence

See EVIDENCE

– Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, draft amendments, 1288
– Jurisdiction

See JURISDICTION

– Jury instructions

See JURY INSTRUCTIONS

– Standing

See STANDING

– Whois data falsified, service by e-mail (W.D. Tenn.), 266

PUBLIC CONTRACTS

See GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

See GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

PUBLIC RECORDS

– Ameritrade probe records, disclosure to attorney barred (Wash.), 1594
– Classified national security information executive order, 8
– Controlled unclassified data management, Executive Order, 1592
– Court records

– – Bankruptcy, e-filings included SSN (Bankr. S.D. Ind.), 945
– – Fla., confidentiality rules (Fla.), 608
– – Loan, SSN included in filing (U.S., rev den), 1403
– – Russia, rulings posted online, 986

– EU, beer lobbyist meeting attendees, records request, 983
– Freedom of information

See FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

– HIV status, emotional harm as Privacy Act actual damages (9th Cir.), 316
– Hospital Medicare compliance records subject to disclosure, 1542
– Md. environmental reports, farmer information protected (Md. Cir. Ct.), 1309
– Metadata in home computer (Wash.), 1507
– Personnel file includes worker performance e-mail (N.J. Super. App. Div.), 1736
– Petitions

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

– Record systems, DHS proposes Privacy Act exemptions, 364
– SEC request handling, IG report, 1371
– State corporate databases, identity theft risk, Special Report, 1703
– W. Va. legislative records, courts cannot order changes (W. Va.), 1567
– Wis. teacher e-mail (Wis.), 1100
– World Bank disclosure policy, 870

PUBLISHING INDUSTRY

– Unauthorized photo on book cover (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 670

PUERTO RICO

– Birth certificates, I-9 employment eligibility forms, 1309
– Health care data breaches, Triple-S Mgmt., 1657