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Washington State Enacts PCI Bill
Washington has enacted a statute, which we first discussed in a prior blog post, to provide financial institutions with a cause of action against certain entities involved in payment card transactions that fail to…
Washington on the Verge of Enacting PCI Bill
Earlier this month, the Senate and House of Representatives in Washington passed a new PCI bill, HB 1149 . The bill now awaits the Governor’s signature but, if signed into law, will provide financial institutions with…
Italian Court Convicts Google Executives of Privacy Violations
On February 24, 2010, an Italian court convicted three Google executives for violation of Italy's privacy laws resulting from a video that was posted to Google Video showing a group of teenagers bullying another…
FTC Warns Companies of Data Leaks on Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks
This post was written by Dana B. Rosenfeld On February 22, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it notified nearly 100 organizations that personal information about the organizations’ customers…
Behavioral Advertising Icon Adopted
This post was written by Kristin A. Hird and Dana B. Rosenfeld . A broad coalition of advertising associations has agreed on a standard icon – a white “i” surrounded by a circle on a blue background dubbed the “Power…