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Another Court Orders Production of Cybersecurity Firm’s Forensic Report in a Data Breach Case
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Another Court Orders Production of Cybersecurity Firm’s Forensic Report in a Data Breach Case

Another district court just ordered the defendant in a data breach class action to turn over the forensic report it believed was entirely protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine. The court granted the motion to compel Rutter’s to produce its investigative report (the “Kroll Report”), which was created after the defendant was notified of a potential breach.

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Employers Beware: Judge Greenlights Employee’s Privacy Lawsuit Over Dropbox Access
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Employers Beware: Judge Greenlights Employee’s Privacy Lawsuit Over Dropbox Access

By Cynthia Larose, Katharine Beattie, and Jennifer Budoff

Many employers maintain policies limiting their employees’ expectation of privacy in the workplace, including policies that eliminate any expectation of privacy when using company-issued electronic devices. While employers may think that having such a policy would protect them from invasion of privacy claims under the Fourth Amendment or state law, a recent federal court decision may cause employers to think otherwise. This post examines this decision and provides best practices for avoiding issues with employees’ privacy interests.

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The FTC’s Uber Consent Order: A Warning to Fast-Growing Companies
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The FTC’s Uber Consent Order: A Warning to Fast-Growing Companies

By Cynthia Larose and Brian Lam

Recently, Uber agreed to a proposed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consent order (“Consent Order”) to settle charges in an FTC complaint (“Complaint”) regarding behavior stemming back to at least 2014. Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen has stressed the implications this has for other companies:

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What App Users Care About When Sharing Personal Data: Permissions
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What App Users Care About When Sharing Personal Data: Permissions

By Cynthia Larose and Jane Haviland

A Pew Research Center Report relayed useful information regarding application users’ concerns with sharing personal data.  Ninety percent of app users indicated that how their personal data will be used is “very” or “somewhat” important to them, and influences their decision to download an app.  Sixty percent of users decided against downloading an app when they saw how much personal information they would need to share.  Android 6.0, or Marshmallow, should abate users’ concerns.

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