by Monique Altheim on April 30, 2014 This past month saw another batch of large data breaches, with “Heartbleed” considered by some the largest data security breach in the history of the internet; a flurry of legislative efforts by the States to regulate the use of drones, student privacy and government surveillance; a landmark victory […]
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Top Weekly Privacy Stories
Apps the clmtrackr (cml=constrained local model): the app that reads your emotions on your face. Conferences LegalTech New York 2014 Sessions to Focus on eDiscovery Trends, Information Management and Emerging Data Security Challenges (on which latter topic I participate in a plenary panel). Data Breaches Target: Hacking Hit […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on January 16, 2014
https://ediscoverymap.com/2014/01/top-weekly-privacy-stories-2/
The TCPA, Robocalls and a Meaningful Definition of Consent
Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), in order for marketers to call or text a telephone subscriber via autodialer or prerecorded messages (robocalls), the subscriber must have given the robocaller “prior express consent” to do so. What constitutes “express consent” under the TCPA? The TCPA does not define “express consent.” Congress delegated to the […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on January 15, 2014
https://ediscoverymap.com/2014/01/the-tcpa-and-a-meaningful-definition-of-consent/
Top Weekly Privacy Stories
Apps Data Breach 411 for iPhone Conferences CPDP 2014 (Computer, Privacy & Data Protection), January 22,23 & 24, 2014, Brussels, Belgium. (Especially the panel on Privacy by Design, on 1/22/14, which will be moderated by me). COPPA FTC Approves New Method for Obtaining COPPA Verifiable Parental […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on January 10, 2014
https://ediscoverymap.com/2014/01/top-weekly-privacy-stories/
@AltheimLaw’s Privacy and Data Protection Week in Review
Big Data One code to rule them all: How big data could help the 1 percent and hurt the little guy http://www.salon.com/2014/01/03/one_code_to_rule_them_all_how_big_data_could_help_the_1_percent_and_hurt_the_little_guy/ … Children Online Privacy Maryland AG Gansler Submits Children’s Online Privacy Workgroup Report http://ow.ly/2Cyc8W Conferences · Watch All #30c3 talks, without data retention or Google spyware https://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2013/ … Data Breaches · WA: Sumner […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on January 3, 2014
https://ediscoverymap.com/2014/01/altheimlaws-privacy-and-data-protection-week-in-review-4/
@AltheimLaw’s Privacy and Data Protection Week in Review
California Privacy Should We Cheer The California Attorney General’s Revenge Porn Arrest Or Find It Alarming? (Forbes Cross-Post) http://ow.ly/2CgHsk California’s New Do-Not-Track Law Goes Into Effect January 1, 2014, Remember To Check Your Privacy Policy For … ow.ly/2CimTG Conferences IAPP Daily Dashboard @DailyDashboard17 Dec Coverage of last week’s #DPCongress #NSA panel w/ @ioerror @stewartbaker @bendrath & Vodafone (recording included) bit.ly/1kSpreu “Yes, Consent Is Dead. […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on December 20, 2013
https://ediscoverymap.com/2013/12/altheimlaws-privacy-and-data-protection-week-in-review-2/
E-Discovery Legal Issues for IT
Lawyers are often labeled as “luddites” and their lack of understanding of technology is legendary. In an era, where almost all business records are in the form of electronically stored information, it has become essential for lawyers to become more technologically savvy. On the other hand, it is just as important for IT to […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on September 15, 2012
https://ediscoverymap.com/2012/09/e-discovery-legal-issues-for-it/
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 […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on May 29, 2012
https://ediscoverymap.com/2012/05/cross-border-ediscovery-vs-eu-data-protection-clash-of-the-titans/
The EU Data Protection Reform: Viviane Reding’s 1/25/2012 Press Conference
I happened to be in Brussels as the European Commission (EC) announced the publication of its final draft for a new Regulation and a new Directive and decided on the spur of the moment to attend Viviane Reding’s Press Conference at the EC where I livestreamed her announcement Click here for a complete coverage […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on January 27, 2012
https://ediscoverymap.com/2012/01/1384/
Attention EU Readers of EDiscoveryMap: We are bringing EDiscovery to Brussels on January 26
EDiscoveryMap is pleased to announce that Monique Altheim will moderate E-Discovery Sessions at the Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference (CPDP) in Brussels on January 26, 2012. The panels will feature an international roster of thought leaders and practitioners in the field of Cross-Border E-Discovery and EU Data Protection: Willem DEBEUCKELAERE, Privacy Commission (BE), Master Steven WHITAKER, […]
Posted by Monique Altheim on December 22, 2011
https://ediscoverymap.com/2011/12/attention-eu-readers-of-ediscoverymap-we-are-bringing-ediscovery-to-brussels-on-january-26/