For this week’s blog post, we will be continuing with a discussion of another recently decided Supreme Court case. Specifically, we will cover United States v. Microsoft Corporation, and talk about the ramification’s the Court’s decision has on the world of internet technology. This case involves user data privacy rights…
For this month’s blog posts, we will be discussing some of the most recent Supreme Court cases that have been decided this year. Specifically, we will address cases that are likely to have an impact on internet, e-commerce, technology, business, and cybersecurity laws. We will start with a discussion of…
Cyberbullying in schools is one of the most troubling activities currently plaguing our educational system. When children are bullied, they can’t focus, they don’t feel that they fit in, and they often lose interest in school. This creates absenteeism, depression, and even suicide among school-age children and teenagers in our…
In our first June blog post, we discussed a bill passed by the State Senate which would provide net neutrality rules for ISPs in the State of California. We continue this week with the theme of internet regulating laws being proposed in our state. The California Consumer Privacy Act of…
On May 30, 2018, the California State Senate voted to pass a bill that will ensure net neutrality on the internet in the State of California. With the FCC’s repealing of Obama-era net neutrality rules going into effect on June 11, 2018, California’s bill will provide for continued net neutrality…
Last week we discussed smart toys, and we mentioned “COPPA” in that article. As such, some of you may be asking what is COPPA?” In short, COPPA is a federal law specifically tailored towards children, and stands for “Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.” This law is meant to protect children…
This is a current update on the principle of net neutrality that is worthy of a discussion. So, how or why is an update necessary? The answer is that net neutrality rules may be changing soon, and various organizations are currently lobbying for their positions. Why does net neutrality matter…
The European Commission released its first annual review of the current EU-US Privacy Shield in order to determine what may or may not need changes as a matter of policy. As it currently stands, the Privacy Shield creates enforceable protections for European Union residents regarding the use of their personal…
The United States Supreme Court has accepted a new case that implicates cell-phone location privacy. The case of Carpenter v. United States was decided by the Sixth Circuit and now the Supreme Court will issue a decision in the future as to whether the lower court’s decision was correct. The…
Net Neutrality is the principle that Internet Service Providers (ISP) and the government should treat all web-related traffic equally regardless of the source. If there was no net neutrality, companies would have the ability to purchase priority access to the ISP customers. Larger and wealthier companies (e.g., Google) would be…