European Commission Releases Formal Proposal on Data Protection Reform
By Robert Stankey and Adam Shoemaker
On Jan. 25, 2012, the European Commission released the final version of its proposed revisions to the European Union’s data protection framework. The package of changes represents a comprehensive reform of the EU’s 1995 data protection rules.
Continue Reading...The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a decision in Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC, resolving a split among federal appeals courts, by holding that claims under the Telephone Protection Act (TCPA), which provides consumers private rights of action for telemarketing violations, can be brought under “federal question” jurisdiction in federal courts rather than only in state courts.
Continue Reading...The FTC has reached a settlement with UPromise, Inc., a membership reward service aimed at helping save for college, to resolve charges that company allegedly used a web-browser toolbar to collect consumers’ personal information, without adequately disclosing the extent of personal information collected. Under the settlement, UPromise must destroy all data it collected under the “Personalized Offers” feature of its “TubroSaver” toolbar, clearly disclose its data collection practices and obtain consent to collection of personal information from those using the toolbar before it is installed or re-enabled, and must further establish a comprehensive information security programing, requiring biennial independent security assessments, for the next 20 years.
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