On March 1, 2011, the Supreme Court held in FCC v. AT&T Inc. that corporations do not enjoy “personal privacy.” The Court’s 8-0 decision reversed a Third Circuit Court of Appeals’ holding that corporations could prevent the release of certain information subject to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on the basis of an […]
Category: Privacy
Attorney Santalesa Quoted on Dept of Commerce Privacy Greenpaper
Richard Santalesa, was quoted yesterday in a DataGuidance news story about the Department of Commerce’s December 2010 report entitled, ‘Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy Framework’ (a/k/a Greenpaper, report available here). The DataGuidance story, USA: DoC report recommends federal breach notification law and review of ECPA, available here, highlights […]
FTC Issues Guide for Businesses on Securing Digital Copiers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released a new publication in the wake of numerous news accounts highlighting the potential data security issues posed by modern digital copiers. (See, e.g., Digital Copy Machines Pose Security Concerns, Alburquerque News, July 28, 2010, available here; Digital Photocopiers Loaded with Secrets, CBS Evening News, April 15, 2010, available […]
Is Social Networking Disclosing Your Trade Secret Customer Lists?
It was inevitable. First came social networks, then came the lawsuits: In the e-discovery context, in impeachment situations (Ledbetter v Wal-Mart Stores Inc.(06-cv-01958-WYD-MJW) (D Colo April 21, 2009); Mackelprang v. Fidelity Nat’l Title Agency of Nevada, Inc. (D. Nev. 2007); and Beye v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield (D. N.J. 2006)), in the tort context […]
New York’s Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act
Little covered other than by environmental and waste industry trade journals, New York’s legislature earlier this year passed the NYS Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act (the “Act”), which was signed into law by Governor Paterson. The Act amended various provisions of the NY Tax Law as well as adding Article 27, Title 26, Electronic […]
FAQ on the New Indiana “Abandoned Health Records” Act
Recently the Indiana legislature passed, and Indiana’s governor signed into law, Senate Enrolled Act No. 356 (a/k/a Public Law 84 of Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly 2010), a wide-ranging 71-page bill that, in addition to setting out practices and requirements for barbers, cosmetologists, well pump installers, mental health counselors and numerous other state licensed […]
