Category: Internet Law

Even when they are first getting started, social media influencers need the services of top-rated social media influencer attorneys for legal services related to such matters as negotiating social media contracts and influencer services agreements, protecting brands and other intellectual property, fending off claims of alleged trademark and copyright infringements, and defeating or prosecuting claims […]

Is your website compliant with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act? See 42 U.S.C. § 12101. If you do not know, it is time to seek legal advice and counsel from ADA website compliance lawyers like the ones at Revision Legal. The ADA requires that all “places of accommodation” be accessible to those with disabilities. […]

Utah has become the fourth state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy statute. See Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”). California was the first State to enact such a law in 2018 and, since then, Virginia and Colorado have passed similar legislation. The UCPA will go into effect on December 31, 2023. On the “up side,” […]

The Law in question is 23 NYCRR Part 500, also referred to as the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (“SHIELD Act”).  Passed back in 2017, the state regulation, a first of its kind in the nation, sets comprehensive cybersecurity compliance requirements for all licensed entities that operate under New York Banking, Insurance, […]

Bitcoin was originally created in 2009 to serve as a currency outside the control central banks. Today, more than 6,800 different cryptocurrencies are trading across the world. The IMF has reported that the market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market nearly tripled between January and May 2021 to $2.5 trillion.  At the federal level, little in […]

The company formerly called Weight Watchers — now known as WW International — was caught violating federal online data privacy protections for children. See NYT media report here. The federal act in question is the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) which, among other requirements, prohibits collecting data concerning children without explicit consent from parents. […]

As reported here, new cybersecurity incident reporting requirements have been included as part of the new $1.5 trillion federal government funding package passed in mid-March 2022. For companies doing business in “critical infrastructure” sectors of the economy, they must report data breaches, “substantial cyber incidents,” and ransomware payments to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security […]

Your reputation online is becoming more and more important in today’s marketplace and damage to it can affect your employment, personal life, and financial prospects. Negative or damaging information about yourself or your business can spread like wildfire on the internet if not addressed quickly.  Below, we’ll be discussing some of the steps you’ll need […]

With respect to cybercrimes and protecting the security of business and government computer and internet systems, there is a clear and increasingly sustained push to require the reporting of “cyber-incidents” that affect the functionality of business which, in turn, might impact whole industries. This is not too surprising given recent hacks and ransomware attacks that […]

We here at Revision Legal have written extensively about the need for businesses to protect consumer privacy with respect to data. Businesses are required to keep private consumer data secure from hacking and cybercriminal activity, and they must avoid collecting and misusing consumer data in violation of privacy laws and regulations. Some recent news with […]