May 25, 2016

Review Your Website NOW to Avoid an ADA Troll

Since last summer, the Pennsylvania law firm Carlson Lynch Sweet & Kipela, a firm with an extremely active ADA litigation practice, has filed at least eleven lawsuits alleging ADA violations based on web accessibility. The lawsuits target restauranteurs and national retailers such as Brooks Brothers, Footlocker and Hark Rock Café, with Carlson Lynch then proceeding […]

October 23, 2015

Melise’s Safe Harbor Client Alert

Now that many of you have heard that the Safe Harbor data transfer framework has been invalidated, you may be asking how it applies to your company. Not only does the invalidation of Safe Harbor apply to future data transfers between the European Union and the United States, it also invalidates all past data transfers. […]

November 26, 2014

Melise’s Alert on the Darkhotel Attacks

Before the holiday season gets into full swing, we want to take this opportunity and encourage you to take steps to protect your personal information if and when you travel.

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March 15, 2018

FTC Settles Complaint Against Venmo

On February 27, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a settlement with Paypal, Inc. relating to the privacy and security practices of Venmo, Paypal’s peer-to-peer payment service. The FTC alleged that Venmo failed to adequately disclose to its users that transfers of funds from their Venmo balances to external bank accounts were subject to review, […]

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March 23, 2016

The EU-US “Privacy Shield” Is Not a Good Fit for Most U.S. Businesses

There was an almost audible sigh of relief upon the agreement of the new EU-US Privacy Shield framework. Reading the average press report one might mistakenly think that personally identifiable information can now flow between the EU and the US without further ado. The tap does not just turn on automatically, however.  Most US businesses […]