Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This is unfortunate because those bills can harbor ill-advised policy ideas. Despite its purported goal of helping children, the AADC delivers a “hidden” payload of several radical policy ideas that sailed through the legislature without proper scrutiny. Newsom ) is an example of such a bill. Normalizing face scans.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2023

California passed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) nominally to protect children’s privacy, but at the same time, the AADC requires businesses to do an age “assurance” of all their users, children and adults alike. Doing age assurance/age verification raises substantial privacy risks.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

The pertinent question should not be whether contracts mimic copyright, but whether they undermine the policies underlying copyright law. Indeed, under the conflict preemption doctrine, state laws, including contracts, cannot undercut federal policy. If a contract does that, it should not be enforceable as a matter of federal law.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Whois Privacy. Copyright holders have complained about these privacy services for years. To make matters worse for copyright holders, the EU’s GDPR privacy law only made it harder to identify domain owners. The music industry group submitted its notorious markets comments to the USTR last week. EU to the Rescue?

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Michael Geist

MARCH 31, 2023

His privacy legislation has languished for months and he has been entirely missing on digital policy, where fishing expeditions such as the one involving Bill C-18 are likely to make companies reticent about entering the Canadian market. It’s a tacit admission that there is a merger problem after he approved the merger.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 28, 2023

This year is a glaring reminder of the consequences of passing terrible Internet policy through state legislatures. Default Privacy Settings. Enforce published terms, policies, and community standards established by the business, including but not limited to privacy policies and those concerning children.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

. “For decades, businesses have devoted significant time and effort to developing compliance programs for the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), a nationwide preemptive children’s privacy standard. This statute is the exact type of law that Congress sought to preempt under the federal standard.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2021

I’ve now framed it as a note about California’s consumer privacy laws. Review: ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [[link] and Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [[link]. Review: Google’s Trademark Policy [[link]. Weis Markets. Domain Names and Metatags. Promatek v.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

VPNs are valuable tools for people who want to access the Internet securely and with decent privacy. However, Iran is not the only country suppressing access to these services; China and Russia are well known for their own restrictive policies. Government previously called out China’s restrictive policies.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Blackbaud “provides data collection and maintenance software solutions for administration, fundraising, marketing, and analytics to social good entities such as non-profit organizations, foundations, educational institutions, faith communities, and healthcare organizations.” 24. * Californians: VOTE NO ON PROP.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Bypassing Congress, the White house issued an Executive Order focusing on safe, secure and trustworthy AI and laying out a national policy on AI. The US just catapulted into being the world leader on regulating AI. The Executive Order covers several important issues but fails to address other significant issues.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Whereas this final page bolds certain important information about the trial membership, for instance, that prospective members can “Cancel anytime” and that they will be provided “1 month (and 45 credits) to book any classes [they] want,” no such bolding is applied to the text notice linking to the Terms and Privacy Policy.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 29, 2023

Budgets have become policy mapping documents where the government identifies its priorities for the coming year, often accompanied by plans to incorporate them into the Budget Implementation Act, where they are virtually guaranteed to pass with limited Parliamentary overview and debate. So why is it there?

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Introduction Uptik in Threat Letters & Legal Actions: A Wake-Up Call for Companies Using Meta Pixel In recent years, the digital landscape has become a battleground for privacy rights, with Meta Pixel at the epicenter of numerous legal disputes. alleges violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act among other claims.

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Traverse Legal Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Introduction Uptik in Threat Letters & Legal Actions: A Wake-Up Call for Companies Using Meta Pixel In recent years, the digital landscape has become a battleground for privacy rights, with Meta Pixel at the epicenter of numerous legal disputes. alleges violations of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act among other claims.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

This is a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) case against a media website, so you have good reason to wonder about the legitimacy and sincerity of the case. Those options lower access barriers for users to create accounts, so they are often compelling to the marketing team. CMG appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 2, 2022

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics spent much of February conducting a study on the collection and use of mobility data by the Government of Canada. I believe that something are outdated privacy laws that are no longer fit for purpose. My opening statement is posted below. Good morning.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

On behalf of a putative class, the plaintiffs asserted privacy claims—including for wiretapping—under California law. As an initial matter, the court says that Nike’s privacy policy does not undermine plaintiff’s claims. The Cookie Crumbles for Amazon Privacy Plaintiffs – Del Vecchio v. Nike, Inc., Specific Media.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

“FTC leadership,” the NAD Report elaborates, “sent a consistent, strong message that national advertisers should take a hard look at their own advertising” to create marketing from a consumer protection and truth-in-advertising standpoint. What Privacy-Related Claims Does Your Company Make? Nothing less will do.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 12, 2022

Review: ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [[link] and Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [[link]. Review: Google’s Trademark Policy [[link]. Part 312, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act’s Regulations. Domain Names and Metatags. Lamparello v. Falwell (4th Cir.). Promatek v.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

1] Now, it’s hard to avoid; a brief Internet search will turn up hundreds of hits and dozens of explainer articles by insurance brokers, law firms, and litigation funders extolling the benefits and pitching such policies to appellants. policy ($57.3m 2] In this example—taken from a pitch—a $12.5m There, the $47.5m

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IPilogue

JANUARY 31, 2022

Privacy and Access to Information Requests. TVO is currently in the process of updating its privacy policies and procedures. The company is in a unique position because it is not subject to either the Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) or the Privacy Act. Workplace Dynamic.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

However, those arguments were more theoretical than empirical; there weren’t a lot of high-profile examples of a mass-market consumer service deploying this strategy. Facebook’s exit devastated independent Canadian publishers, who begged the government to reverse its policy. Musk has bridged that gap.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2022

After completing his purchase, Plaintiff received an invoice repeating Defendant’s automatic-renewal policy. July 7, 2020): “The privacy policy includes a section titled “Rights of California Residents,” which addresses requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), Cal. Voodoo SAS v.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 28, 2021

data privacy : what businesses NEED TO know. Keeping pace with the state of data privacy and data privacy regulations is becoming a pressing responsibility for businesses in the digital age. Data privacy legislation is on the rise, with jurisdictions adopting stricter protective measures on a national and global front.

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Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This growing trend reflects a broader effort to closely examine and mitigate the market power held by these corporate giants. Abuse of dominant position, in the context of antitrust and competition law, refers to the improper and anti-competitive practices undertaken by a company that holds a dominant market position.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Age Estimation: The Act requires online providers to estimate the age of child users so that the highest privacy setting is applied when a child visits the site. High Default Privacy Settings: The Act requires a “high” level of privacy setting as the “default” for children visiting a site.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 20, 2023

. “FTC leadership,” the NAD Report elaborates, “sent a consistent, strong message that national advertisers should take a hard look at their own advertising” to create marketing from a consumer protection and truth-in-advertising standpoint. What Privacy-Related Claims Does Your Company Make?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2022

The plaintiff alleged negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy based on third-parties posting her private information and allowing users to threaten her with murder and rape. Facebook appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. ” Section 230. Yes, citing Cross v.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This Act explains the significance of support when it comes to the enrollment of trademarks for the matter of Publicity or Privacy, and The Copyrights Act 1957 [iv] defines word “performer” as an actor, singer, musician, dancer, acrobat and juggler etc. Hence Cristiano Ronaldo’s Publicity rights were bagged by Mint Media for 6 years.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 23, 2023

The initial Bill C-11 consultations at the CRTC have resulted in some streaming services unsurprisingly responding to legislation that applies Canadian law to every service anywhere in the world by raising the prospect of exiting the Canadian market if not granted exemptions. It was that it pursued the wrong regulation.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2023

Privacy: AI can allow individuals to be identified and personal information about them to be used in ways beyond what the public wants. Open-Source: Requiring code to be openly available may promote transparency and innovation; allowing it to be proprietary may concentrate market power but allow more dependable regulation of harms.

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IP Intelligence

MARCH 21, 2023

Employers are concerned about the legal implications of using such tools, and they are exploring different approaches for their own AI usage policies. What desired use cases give rise to the risk of infringing third-party intellectual property?

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 1, 2022

The platform, which has a strong privacy focus, is now the go-to file storage platform for millions of people. Mega has a repeat infringer policy when it comes to copyright infringement claims. A year after Megaupload was shut down, Kim Dotcom launched a brand new file-hosting service called Mega. 1,187,646 Takedown Requests.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Image: flickr.com Katfood SMEs and Chinese market opportunities webinar 4IP council is organising a webinar session titled "SMEs and patent holdouts: how European SMEs fight back", dedicated to European SMEs and startups interested in the opportunity that the Chinese market can bring to their businesses.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 1, 2022

An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) (also known as a Fair Use Policy) is a set of rules applied by the owner, creator or administrator of a network, website, or service that restricts the ways in which the network, website, or service may be used and sets guidelines as to how it should be used. What is covered in an AUP?

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 31, 2023

IIPA aims to improve copyright protection and enforcement in overseas markets with high levels of piracy. The IIPA’s submission begins by painting a picture of creativity and productivity in the United States versus an “entrenchment of infringing services” in foreign markets.

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