February 13, 2017
New Proposed European Union ePrivacy Regulation: What App Association Members Need to Know
App Association members increasingly need to be aware of (sometimes rapidly changing) legal and regulatory requirements and responsibilities as they look to expand to new markets to [...]
1986 Called: It’s Disappointed We Haven’t Updated Privacy Laws
When Congress passed the Stored Communications Act (SCA) in 1986, storing e-mails on servers was very expensive. At that time, e-mail service providers generally deleted any stored [...]
Let Our Friends and Colleagues Back in: Standing Exceptions to the Immigration Ban are Necessary
Last Friday, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) that temporarily blocks the entry of nonimmigrants from certain countries, including those who have temporary work or student [...]
January 31, 2017
Addition by Subtraction: The FCC Privacy Rules Should Go
Last October, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reversed two decades of effective online privacy regulation when it finalized a new set of privacy rules. The rule was [...]
Highly Impactful U.S. Federal Court Decision on Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad: Status, Next Steps, and Other Moving Pieces
On January 24th, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit declined the U.S. government’s request for an en banc rehearing of the Circuit’s landmark Microsoft vs. [...]
December 27, 2016
The U.S. Copyright Office’s New DMCA Registration System
The U.S. Copyright Office took an important step forward into the digital world this month. App developers will finally have the ability to protect their intellectual property [...]