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On January 29, 2015, the presiding disciplinary judge of the Arizona Supreme Court admonished a lawyer for reacting inappropriately to emails. In this case, according to the court documents, the complainant scheduled an initial consultation with the lawyer, who assigned an associate to the case. Within a week of the initial consultation, complainant was emailed […]

On February 27, 2015, the Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security of the Parliament of Australia released a report containing 39 recommendations for the Government to change several privacy law provisions: Advisory Report on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014. Among others, the Report would require internet providers to store personal data for a minimum of […]

The Law Society of Scotland warns the public (and law firms) that more and more fake law firms websites are circulating in the internet. The problem is that these fake websites contain the profile of real attorneys. More information is available at http://www.lawscot.org… Follow us on& Like us on   

On February 20, 2015 the Italian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) approved the Tax Authority’s technical requirements that allow tax payers to access their pre-filled tax declaration (the s.c. “730” Form) finding no privacy violations in the scheme. The scheme has been drafted by the Italian Tax Authority (Agenzia delle Entrate) in charge of providing the […]

  On February 26, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in favor of the petition filed by two municipal broadband providers asking for preemption of North Carolina and Tennessee’s state laws restricting the abilities of communities to provide broadband services. Following Congress’ instructions, the FCC’s decision enabled two broadband service providers to seek customers […]

  On February 27, 2015, the White House presented a Discussion Draft on Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. The proposed Privacy Bill aims at establishing protections for individual privacy and at implementing it through enforceable codes of conduct. According to the draft, covered entities shall process consumers personal data abiding, among others, to the following […]

On February 26, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to regulate broadband Internet access service as a public utility (e.g., water and telephone). Reclassification as a telecommunication service utility will allow for network neutrality. In order to safeguard net neutrality, the FCC’s rules provide for: (i) no blocking: access to content and services shall […]

The German Government approved a draft law to improve enforcement of certain data protection law provisions that aim to strengthen consumers’ protection. In particular, the draft law empowers consumers and business associations to commence actions against and issue warnings to companies who impermissibly collect, process or utilize personal data. The draft law, “Entwurf eines Gesetzes […]

In a recent press release, Apple highlighted its impact on Europe’s economy. The company “supports nearly 672,000 European jobs, including 530,000 jobs directly related to the development of iOS apps. Since the App Store’s debut in 2008, developers across Europe have earned more than €6.6 billion through the worldwide sale of apps. Apple now directly employs […]

Proposed Opinion 12-0006 is issued now as Formal Opinion 2016-196. Please see here: http://www.technethics.com….     In the proposed Opinion 12-0006, the California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility opined on “under what circumstances is “blogging” by an attorney subject to the requirements and restrictions of the Rules of Professional Conduct and related provisions of the State Bar […]