A Revolution in the World of Electronic Signatures in Israel

The third amendment to the Israeli Electronic Signature Law has entered into effect and will have a significant impact on how electronic signatures can be used in Israel. According to the amendment, any electronic signature, even a simple one, can potentially comply with any legal requirements for a signature – "provided that the purposes underlying the signature requirement found in ...

Fourth Circuit Clarifies Rules on ISP Liability for Subscribers' Piracy

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has set rules clarifying the eligibility of Internet access providers for limiting their liability for copyright infringements committed by their subscribers.

 

In 2014, BMG Rights Management, a music publisher, sued Cox Communications, an Internet access provider, on the theory that Cox had knowingly ignored requests to terminate the accounts of ...

Second Circuit Finds Media Monitoring Platform Not Protected by Fair Use

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held that TVEyes, Inc., a media company that continuously monitors the content of more than 1,400 television and radio channels, is not protected by the fair use doctrine, reversing the lower court’s finding of fair use and concluding that TVEyes infringes the copyrighted broadcast of Fox News Network (the plaintiff). ...

Fourth Circuit Clarifies Rules on ISP liability for Subscribers' Piracy

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has set rules clarifying the eligibility of Internet access providers for limiting their liability for copyright infringements committed by their subscribers.

 

In 2014, BMG Rights Management, a music publisher, sued Cox Communications, an Internet access provider, on the theory that Cox had knowingly ignored requests to terminate the accounts of ...

The EU is Re-evaluating the Recognition of Israel’s Adequacy for Cross-Border Data Transfers

The European Union is reexamining its 2011 adequacy finding of Israel which had cleared the path for cross-border transfers of personal data from the EU to Israel, the Head of the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority, Adv. Alon Bachar, revealed at a conference held by Pearl Cohen’s Internet, Cyber and Copyright Group on "Europe and Israel: The Data Protection Revolution ...

U.S. S.E.C. Publishes New Guidelines on Disclosure of Cyber-Risks to Investors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released guidance on Public Company Cybersecurity Disclosures. The guidance provides the Commission’s views about public companies’ disclosure obligations under existing law with respect to matters involving cybersecurity risk and incidents. It also addresses the importance of cybersecurity policies and procedures and the application of disclosure controls and procedures, insider trading prohibitions, and ...

Belgium: Facebook Must Stops Collecting Data on Users Through other Websites

A Belgian court ordered Facebook to stop tracking Belgian citizens surfing the Internet, and to delete all data it unlawfully obtained on Belgian citizens who are not Facebook users. The court also ordered that if Facebook does not comply with the ruling it will face compounding fines of € 250,000 per day. The court also held that Facebook failed to ...

CJEU Says Consumers Can Sue Facebook in any EU Country, But Not by Class Action

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has held that Facebook users in Europe may file consumer lawsuits against the social network in their home countries rather than in Facebook’s headquarters in Ireland, but may do so only in their individual capacity and not by class action suits. The decision was delivered in the continuing legal battle between ...