Law Across the Wire and Into the Cloud

The FTC recently announced that more than 90 businesses located in the U.S. and abroad, including mobile applications, were sent “educational” letters reminding them of the looming July 1, 2013 deadline to comply with the new COPPA rules.  While the FTC made clear that these letters only were directed to...

On the topic of ECPA reform, a handful of Senators at last week’s mark up expressed concern that the current emergency disclosure provision permits, but does not require, providers to disclose information to law enforcement in an emergency situation.  Word on the street is that there are ongoing discussions among...

Active cyber defense has become an increasingly contentious subject of policy and operational discussions alike, due (in part) to media exposure, a frustration with the ability for companies to protect themselves with a purely defensive posture, and attention from Congress. With the never-ending parade of cyberattacks and compromises, it is...

Despite requests from the Internet Association, Interactive Advertising Bureau, US Chamber of Commerce, the Application Developers Alliance, and a group of other trade associations, the FTC has decided to retain the July 1, 2013 effective date of the new COPPA rules.  On May 6, 2013, the FTC sent a letter...

The news media is reporting that the Administration is moving closer to acting on its long in the works plans for expanding wiretapping capability requirements under the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (“CALEA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., and the request the Administration makes to Congress may have...

Today, the FTC released its revised COPPA FAQs, which companies have been eagerly awaiting since the release of the FTC’s revised COPPA Rule in December 2012.  The FTC’s press release issued in connection with the revised FAQs explains that the document is intended to serve as guidance to supplement the...