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Making the FTC Look Tame: The EU Targets Behavioral Profiling

Last month, Europe took a major step toward a notice and opt-in regulatory model for behavioral advertising…

House  Panel Eyes Two Legislative Privacy Approaches; FTC Doesn’t Endorse  Either

A data privacy legislative proposal by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) and a just-introduced competing consumer data protection bill introduced by…

HHS Releases Final Rules on Meaningful Use Standards, E-Records Systems Certification

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius July 13 announced two upcoming final rules to help eligible physicians and…

BNA INSIGHTS: Anti-Spam Litigation Involving Text Messages: What Marketers Need to Know

The use of social networks to market goods and services is a great marketing tool, but it is not without risk. Marketers must use caution when expanding their campaigns to emerging…

BNA INSIGHTS: Building an Online Identity Legal Framework: The Proposed National Strategy

With the White House release for public comment of its draft National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, the Administration has made it a priority to address…

HHS Proposes Extending HIPAA Enforcement, Privacy, Security Rules to Business Associates, Subcontractors

The Department of Health and Human Services July 8 announced proposed changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and…

Supreme Court to Review Standard to Exempt Internal Practices from Freedom of Information Act Disclosure

The U.S. Supreme Court June 28 granted review to examine what the proper standard should be for withholding “internal personnel rules and practices” records from public disclosure under…

Supreme Court to Review Case Upholding Arizona’s Employer E-Verify Use Mandate

The U.S. Supreme Court June 28 agreed to review a federal appeals court decision upholding…

BNA INSIGHTS: Incipient Legislative Trend Toward ‘Credit Privacy’ Compels Restraint in the Use of Credit Checks for Employment Purposes

The collision of two tectonic trends is spawning a new form of employee privacy right with potentially significant implications for every business that…

BNA INSIGHTS: Proposed Data Privacy Legislation Generates Relief as Well as Concerns

Last month, U.S. Representatives Rick Boucher (D-Va) and Cliff Stearns (R-Fl), Chair and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and…

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