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In Re Reines, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 21107 (Fed. Cir.Nov. 5, 2014) On November 5, 2014, the US Court of Appeals publicly reprimanded a California lawyer for disseminating to clients and prospective clients an email he received from a Judge. The lawyer received a private e-mail from a Chief Judge. This is an extract of […]

Senate Bill n. 568 added chapter 22.1 (commencing with Section 22580) to Division 8 of California Business and Professions Code. The law will go into effect on January 1, 2015. The law requires the operator of a website, online service or application directed to minors under 18 – or an operator that has actual knowledge that […]

Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Sys., Inc., No. 5:13-cv-03999-BLF, 2014 WL 5321095 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 17, 2014) In Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Sys., the court had to decide whether to grant motion to compel the production of e-mails when the requesting party is not able to do the same in return. The court granted […]

On September 29, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law to protect students in the digital age. The Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (“SOPIPA”) prohibits online educational sites, services, and applications from compiling, sharing or disclosing the personal information of student from kindergarten to high school. More information available at http://www.technethics… […]

According to Reuters, the Article 29 Working Party guidelines for appeals resulting from search engines’ refusals to “de-list” complainants from their results should be ready by the end of the month. The guidelines shall ensure a coordinated approach to the handling of complaints from people whose requests to remove information from search results under their […]

One of the largest credit unions in Costa Rica is adding facial recognition technology to its mobile banking application. Customers will be able to log on into their mobile banking through phone cameras. More information available at http://www.finextra… Follow us on& Like us on   

The European Commission adopted the “Smart Borders” Package to manage borders in the EU. In October 2014, the first stage was completed with the delivery of a Technical Study. “The aim of the Smart Borders Package is to improve the management of the Member States’ external borders, fight irregular immigration and provide information on overstayers […]

On October 22, 2014, the Hungarian government announced its plan to levy the world’s first internet tax. The draft 2015 tax bill contains a provision for Internet providers to pay a tax of 150 forints (62 cents) per gigabyte of data traffic. According to the news, protesters went on the streets and the Facebook page […]

Dynamo Holdings Ltd. P’ship v. Comm’r of Internal Revenue, Nos. 2685-11, 8393-12 (T.C. Sept. 17, 2014) A US Tax Court held that predictive coding technique could be used to identify information even thought respondent objected that it is “unproven technology”. Responded requested petitioners to produce electronically stored information contained on backup tapes. Petitioners requested that […]

In order to strengthen data security the Government shall employ enhanced security features, including chip-and-PIN technology, when processing payments. On October 22, 2014, President Obama signed a new Executive Order containing this and other provisions to fight data breaches and improve identity theft remediation. The Executive Order is the first part of the new BuySecure […]