Technology and the Law

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Non-Compete Clauses in the Technology Industry

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In the Technology industry, individuals leave businesses with a lot of business information, practices, methods, contacts, strategy and plans in their memory. If individuals leave the business, then the transferor (the Old Company) will want to make sure the transferee (the New Company) does not interfere with the transferor’s business – and vice versa.


Search Engines Must Erase Data After Six Months

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EU Privacy Officials continue to regulate and create clear lines for internet companies and services.

Presentation at ISSA

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On March 19, 2008, Jeffrey C. Neu, Esq.  Founding partner of J. C. Neu and Associates gave a presentation to the ISSA on Legal Liability with Web 2.0 applications. Feel free to contact us for more information.

No Expectation of Privacy - Stored Communications Act

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Nothing in the Stored Communications Act provides an Internet user with a reasonable expectation of privacy in Internet Protocol addresses and log-in histories, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California held March 20. United States v. Qing Li.

Roomates.com denied §230 immunity

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Roommates.com a roommate-matching website was denied protection and immunity under the Communications Decency Act ("CDA"), 47 USC §230.

UK Notification of Security Breach

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The United Kingdom Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which enforces data privacy law, April 1 released non-binding guidance on how organizations should manage a data security breach and when to notify the ICO of such breaches.

Right to privacy protected by IP

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U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire held on March 27 in Doe v. Friendfinder Network, Inc., that an invasion of privacy claim premised on a "law pertaining to intellectual property" is not affected by the CDA.

Pwn2Own contest

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CanSecWest's Pwn2Own contest returns


Spying on File Sharers, illegal in Italy.

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Italian courts have ruled it unlawful for companies to spy on individuals engaged in file sharing (illegal or not).

No data privacy on work computers.

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Performing a forensic search on company equipment is not violating the SCA, even when private emails....sort of.


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