FCC partially stays Consumer Broadband Privacy Rules

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On March 1, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a Stay Petition in part, and ordered a “stay on an interim basis” of certain aspects of the 2016 order “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services” (the “Privacy Order”). The Privacy Order containing broadband privacy rules was published on November 2016. See here. However, at the beginning of 2017, several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and cable associations had Read more [...]

Oracle warns the FCC that Consumer Broadband Privacy Rules grant Google unfair competitive advantage

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On December 21, 2016, Oracle asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its decision and order “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services” (“Order”) published on November 2016. See here. At the beginning of 2017, several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and cable associations filed Petitions for Reconsideration requesting the FCC to significantly modify the Order. Among other requests, Oracle asked the FCC to reconsider Read more [...]

Update on the Irish High Court’s proceeding to decide request for ECJ’s preliminary ruling on Model Clauses

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
According to the Irish Data Protection Authority (DPA) the hearing before the Irish High Court brought by the DPA against Facebook Ireland Ltd and Mr Schrems over EU-US data transfers will possibly take another additional week (or two addition weeks) to conclude. More information on the case is available here. According to the available sources (see here and here), as of March 3, 2017: Opening submissions have been made by the DPA, Facebook and Schrems; Mr Schrems’ expert witness, Read more [...]

Data Breach Class Actions dismissed for lack of injury-in-fact requirement

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On February 6, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court judgement's dismissal of two data breach class actions for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction:  Plaintiffs failed to establish a non-speculative, imminent injury-in-fact identity theft after a 2013 and 2014 data breach. This was a consolidated appeal of veterans against William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina. In one case, a laptop containing unencrypted Read more [...]

Proposta opposizione alle disposizioni privacy emesse dal garante per le comunicazioni americano a tutela dei consumatori di servizi a banda larga (in vigore dal gennaio 2017)

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
Il 2 novembre 2016, la Federal Communications Commission ("FCC"), un’autorità a livello federale americano per la tutela delle comunicazioni, ha pubblicato una serie di disposizioni (decisione denominata Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services), volte a proteggere la privacy dei consumatori di servizi su banda larga e di altri servizi di telecomunicazione. La decisione impone obblighi di riservatezza più stringenti ai gestori di servizi a banda larga Read more [...]