Privacy and Data Protection

Month: May, 2012

U.S. Cross Border Ediscovery vs. EU Data Protection: Clash of the Titans

I recently gave a CLE presentation at the LegalTech West Coast Conference in Los Angeles on the legal problems and tensions of conducting U.S. civil litigation ediscovery in the European Economic Area (EEA), which consists of the 27 EU member states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The subtitle “Clash of the Titans” derives from the […]

by on May 29, 2012
filed in Conferences, Cross Border Data Flow, EDiscovery, European Union Data Protection, The Sedona Conference
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Are Facebook Users Giving up their Expectation of Privacy in Return for an Expectation of Imaginary Connection?

If you are like me, you post on Facebook in leaps and bounds. I have periods of silence, followed by bursts of sharing of photos, links to articles and status updates. During one recent prolific posting period of two weeks, I noticed that none of my posts had generated any reaction whatsoever: not a single […]

by on May 28, 2012
filed in Filter Bubble, Online Privacy, Social Media
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Twitter Weekly Updates for EUdiscovery

EU Sets Timeline for Consideration of Data Protection Reform http://t.co/q7PJuSOK # Expert's Inadvertent Production Results in Waiver of Privilege Absent Sufficient Supervision by Counsel or Prompt St… http://t.co/a2jl5Wrs # Correction to Earlier Post http://t.co/JOEUa0eW # Sheryl Sandberg To Harvard Biz Grads: 'Find A Rocket Ship' – In a commencement speech at Harvard Business School, Fa… […]

by on May 25, 2012
filed in Online Privacy
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Twitter Weekly Updates for EUdiscovery

Report from the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Board Privacy Program http://t.co/Spi03aCV # Is transparency the best norm for user privacy? – Discussions about how companies handle privacy are metadiscussions… http://t.co/AQBe8N7D # New personal data laws coming in South Africa http://t.co/SCJAWrCG #privacy #DataProtection # Ediscovery and DataProtection Daily is out! http://t.co/0vWJxEQJ # New Jersey Considers e-Discovery […]

by on May 18, 2012
filed in Online Privacy
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First Infographic

A first try at Infographics. Tweet it, Like it, Pin it, Plus it and most of all, Like The Law Office of Monique Altheim! create infographics with visual.ly

by on May 15, 2012
filed in Online Privacy, Social Media
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Twitter Weekly Updates for EUdiscovery

How The World Looks Through Google Glasses – How the world looks when you're wearing Google's augmented reality glas… http://t.co/27mLsU9E # Preliminary Agenda Released for the 34th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners http://t.co/ywHel5c0 # Ediscovery and DataProtection Daily is out! http://t.co/0vWJxEQJ ▸ Top stories today via @dataguidance @jowicz @commvault @advdiscovery # Plaxo […]

by on May 11, 2012
filed in Online Privacy
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Twitter Weekly Updates for EUdiscovery

Are Parents Addicted To Spying On Their Kids? – The Wall Street Journal says "it's harder than ever to keep an eye o… http://t.co/8Tz6QGwS # N.D. California Court Declines to Follow Race Tires, Allows Taxation of e-Discovery Costs http://t.co/oDxhUAHY # FTC Publishes Preliminary Agenda for Digital Advertising Disclosures Workshop http://t.co/XZLQhaWK # Hulu's frictionless sharing on […]

by on May 4, 2012
filed in Online Privacy
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