In the past year, the Federal Trade Commission increased enforcement of mobile privacy policies and mobile apps, particularly those used by children as regulated by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). Regulators across the pond in the EU has likewise viewed mobile apps and mobile devices as posing significant privacy and data security concerns. Responding […]
Category: EU
A Handful of 2012 Privacy & Security Predictions
Even though 2011 was an extremely active year on the information security and privacy fronts – with a blizzard of proposed legislation, near weekly front page data breaches and the continued full leap into the cloud with its securities issues – I predict that 2012 events across the privacy and data security landscape will make […]