The Federal Trade Commission’s ‘Device Squad’ Gets Technical with HTC on Smartphone Security

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

For several years running, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) has chastened businesses for alleged laxity in securing consumer data from breaches and other unauthorized access. The overwhelming majority of these enforcement...

The World Gone Mobile: California Attorney General Issues Roadmap to Privacy Protection in the ‘Mobile Ecosystem’

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

California regulators have traditionally carried the flag towards new consumer privacy protections in the nation’s digital economy. Last week, the California Attorney General took the battle to the privacy wilderness known as the “mobile ecosystem”...

Connecticut Attorney General Announces $7 Million Settlement with Google for Data-Snatching Wi-Fi Drive-Bys

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen [1] announced yesterday a $7 million multistate settlement with Google, Inc. arising out of Google’s ambitious, but over-intrusive ‘Street View’ project to map the United States at street level and improve...

Netflix Encounters SEC Inquiry For Social Media Communications

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

This time last year, Wiggin and Dana’s Securities and Capital Markets Group summarized many of the legal considerations and best practices involving social media communications by reporting companies.[1] As we begin the new year, many public companies look to...

White House Issues Cybersecurity Executive Order

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

On February 12, 2013, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order, titled “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” (the “Order”), aimed at bolstering U.S. cybersecurity through voluntary best practices developed by federal...