LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Dark patterns were also specifically called out in a number of new state privacy laws. A recently released FTC staff report on dark patterns indicates that this focus is only growing, and that dark patterns can encompass a wide range of common marketing practices – from urgency offers to fee disclosures.

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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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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 16, 2021

New Mexico’s Attorney General, Hector Balderas, continues to champion children’s online privacy protections, this time settling with Google over alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The New Mexico AG is making a name for himself in the area of children’s privacy.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

According to reporting from the Verge and the Markup, several popular e-filing providers have been transmitting sensitive financial information to Meta through Meta Pixel. The Meta Pixel service allows Meta to tailor advertising profiles for users regardless of whether they have a Facebook account.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MAY 3, 2021

Michael Costanza filed a $100 million lawsuit against Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David (the show’s co-creator), and NBC for invasion of privacy, defamation, and being cast in a false light. Specifically, sections 50 and 51 of New York’s Civil Rights Law provide the only basis for a right of privacy in the state. This is where it gets juicy.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed the Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act (CPDPA) into law on May 10, 2022, making Connecticut the most recent state to pass its own privacy law in the absence of comprehensive federal privacy legislation.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We always look forward to the thoughtful and data-rich report National Appeals Division (NAD) issues each year summarizing the work it has accomplished in the past year. Some of the data can be a bit difficult to parse, as some numbers are reported in cases decided in the prior year, while other numbers are reported in cases filed.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 18, 2021

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. But back here, other than high-level, broad definitions that could theoretically deem advertising itself a dark pattern, there has been a lack of clarity on the issue. Scope and magnitude matter.

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Plagiarism Today

MAY 4, 2022

First off today, Michael Kan at PC Magazine reports that India is enacting a new policy that, if enforced, would require virtual private network (VPN) providers to collect, store and turn over user data. However, 18 months ago, the site removed all advertising and sought to keep itself afloat with donations.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 4, 2023

According to Meta’s report, “to target businesses, malicious groups often first go after the personal accounts of people who manage or are connected to business pages and advertising accounts. ” The Meta report provides useful tools to guard against these attacks and responses in the event a device is affected. .”

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IPilogue

JUNE 27, 2022

(Facebook) was liable under several provincial privacy statutes for using class members’ likenesses without their consent. . Through Sponsored Stories, advertisers pay Facebook to associate their mark on Facebook’s social media website with users that performed certain social actions in connection with the advertiser (e.g.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Facebook comes to a preliminary agreement on copyright royalties with French news publishers; Senator Thom Tillis announces his support of a bill increasing cyber-attack reporting requirements for critical infrastructure owners; the Federal Trade Commission issues a report on “troubling” ISP practices surrounding (..)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2022

HDR offers “strategic communications” services to their clients, which includes monitoring and reporting on community sentiment/conversations about their projects. The plaintiff sued HDR for ECPA and common law privacy violations. The court rejects both claims. For similar reasons, the common law claim fails. Implications.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) receives so many complaints about these fraudsters that it issued a warning on January 18, 2023, entitled “ How to spot, avoid, and report weather-related scams.” They’ll advertise rentals that don’t exist to get your money and run. Spot rental listing scams.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

CTAM wanted to combat an escalating content piracy industry that was robbing legitimate content creators of their intellectual property and risking the privacy and safety of content users. The Blacklight Privacy Inspector had a look at StreamSafely.com and reported back with its findings.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved a request for public comment related to updating its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. text: ‘Advertisements’, }, creative: {. text: ‘Report this ad’, }, privacySettings: {. __ATA.initDynamicSlot({.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Various accidents too have been reported where people were too focused on their mobile phones playing games and not realizing that their life is indeed in danger in, not just in the game, but also in real life as well. billion and is projected to reach USD 5 billion in 2025, according to a 2021 BCG report.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 19, 2023

App piracy includes legitimate apps that are copied but we reserve our reporting to those that are advertised as a gateway to pirated content or live streams. Some apps may monetize user data, for example, but for the vast majority advertising is the income stream of choice.

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The IPKat

JULY 13, 2021

In early June, the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law ’s Center for Intellectual Property, Information, and Privacy Law organized and hosted its 12th Annual Ethics in the Practice of IP Law virtual seminar. Gene and John then joined in on a panel discussion moderated by Alex Menchaca (McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd.).

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LexBlog IP

MAY 5, 2022

Researchers from the Mozilla Foundation reviewed the privacy policies of 32 mental health apps ranging from guided meditation to telehealth counseling services and flagged 28 of them as having “Privacy Not Included.” ” In addition, the report sorts the apps from “Not creepy!”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Plaintiff argues that CDA immunity does not apply, “because Seamless actively created the profiles and advertising webpages giving rise to this suit.” Defendant argues that Plaintiff’s name or likeness appearing in a string of search results on the same page as a paywall option does not create an unlawful advertisement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

Even more so, millions of users could set up an account on the Website, which Defendants operate, own, and created, to acquire ‘access to a database containing proprietary ‘detailed reports’ about people to anybody willing to pay for a monthly subscription.'” Background Reports Protected by Section 230–Dennis v.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Data operators frequently critically analyze this information to understand better individual preferences, which helps in targeting advertisements, personalizing content, and providing tailored recommendations. They generate their revenue either through in-app purchases or through advertisements.

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IP Intelligence

JULY 17, 2023

s generative AI technology, including whether OpenAI has engaged in “unfair or deceptive privacy or data security practices” or “unfair or deceptive practices relating to risks of harm to consumers, including reputational harm.” The FTC has launched an investigation of OpenAI Inc.’s

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

“All stakeholders in the internet ecosystem, including hosting providers, DNS providers, cloud services, advertising networks, payment processors, social media platforms, and search engines, should proactively work towards reducing support for well-known infringing sites,” BREIN writes in its submission.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 8, 2021

The apps advertised that they provided cryptomining services for a fee, but no services existed. According to the FTC, between October 2020 and March 2021, close to 7,000 individuals reported that they lost more than $80 million in cryptocurrency scams. On top of that, if they have anything to do with cryptocurrency, BEWARE !

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Back in August we reported how Google had received requests to remove one billion allegedly-infringing links from its search results. A few days before we published that report, Google had just processed its seven billionth removal request, having reached six billion less than a year earlier. But that’s only the beginning.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The court’s single-minded determination to find a valid discrimination claim under these conditions casts a long and troubling shadow over the online advertising industry. Who needs new privacy laws if the Unruh Act already bans most ad targeting? * * * Liapes claims she wanted to buy life insurance.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

SPB1] Likewise, the court held that the Act’s mandates, such as creating and providing the DPIA report, regulate the distribution of speech because it compels speech. The DPIA report is not currently designed to capture this type of product design that can have dangerous, albeit unintentional, effects.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 30, 2021

Amidst growing concerns about online privacy and security, VPN services have become increasingly popular in recent years. The movie companies further allege that VPN customers are engaged in other types of “outrageous conduct” under this privacy shield, including racist comments, child pornography, and even committing murder.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 11, 2023

IP workshops with Bulgarian officials, and international law enforcement cooperation, the Bulgarian P2P network, and major content release16 hub, RARBG ended its operations at the end of May 2023,” MPA writes, referring to our earlier reporting. The Public Internet Registry (.org) net, Dy2018.com, com, dygod.net, and Ygdy8.com

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2024

While accessing blocked websites and communicating in relative privacy is now fairly common, the government would like sites carrying “illegal information” to remain inaccessible. As a result, 167 unregistered VPN providers and 200 email providers were blocked according to a report last October.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 15, 2023

Over the past several months, we have repeatedly reported on Google’s decision to voluntarily remove pirate sites from its search results. This includes the privacy-centered search engine DuckDuckGo. Last year we reported on an issue with disappearing pirate sites at DuckDuckgo. Colateral Damage.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 24, 2024

We analysed clauses affecting user interests regarding privacy or data protection, illegal and harmful content, dispute resolution, jurisdiction and enforcement, and copyright, the last of which provided perhaps our most interesting results and which is the focus of this blogpost. You can find the full report here.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 22, 2023

Now portrayed as victims themselves rather than the reason pirate sites exist, pirates are warned about high-level organized crime, using digital content as misdirection, while malware steals their privacy and empties their bank accounts. We asked Immuniweb its opinion on the same app and it received an even worse report.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

That’s if older mainstream content scratches the itch and users don’t mind lots of advertising. That resulted in a large fine for privacy breaches but didn’t deter a more recent proposal to remotely delete pirate apps from users’ phones. Something For Everybody If showman P.

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