The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia held in a majority opinion that the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which in general prohibits the use of Automatic Telephone Dialing Systems to play recorded messages and send text messages without the prior consent of the subscriber, applies only to systems that use randomly or sequentially generated ...
In a recent decision, the Israeli Supreme Court held that sharing a defamatory post on social media platforms may itself constitute a defamatory re-publication subject to liability under the Israeli Anti-Defamation Law, while merely ‘liking‘ a defamatory post will not give rise to liability.
The court explained that the definition of “publication” under the law is interpreted broadly to include ...
EDPB guidelines on the right to be forgotten in search engines. The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) released for public comments its draft guidelines on the right to be forgotten under the General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”), as it applies to online search engines.
The draft distinguishes between delisting requests and full erasure requests. Requests to delist seek to ...
A decision delivered by the Federal Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Louisiana held that copyright owners which neglect to register the copyright of their work before an infringer’s initial infringement of the work are not entitled to statutory damages even for post-registration infringements by the infringer. These owners will be required to prove actual damages and also ...
The UK privacy regulator – the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – published for public comments its draft code of practice for entities engaging in direct marketing. The code aims to provide practical guidance and recommendations for organizations using direct marketing in compliance with the GDPR and the e-Privacy Directive as applied in the United Kingdom (the Privacy and Electronic ...
Google announced that it will allow websites and apps using its advertising tools to block personalized advertisements to consumers with Internet addresses originating in California or any other jurisdiction as part of the preparations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that enters into effect on January 1, 2020.
Under the CCPA, businesses are obligated to allow consumers to opt-out ...
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