Category: Internet Law

Michigan data breach law requires a response to a data breach involving a Michigan resident. Specifically, MCL 445.72 contains important provisions to determine whether you are subject to Michigan law, and if so, the proper response. Am I Subject To The Michigan Data Breach Law? Do you own or license data included in a database? […]

According to reports, a February 2016 breach has caused Weebly, a user-created website service, to be the latest victim in the rising trend of data breaches.  The data breach at Weebly, affecting 43,430,316 customers dating back to 2007, revealed email addresses and/or usernames, IP addresses and encrypted (bcrypt hashed) passwords for a large number of […]

Information Age has reported on a survey by Thales of UK consumers, which found that data breaches influence consumer purchases. The survey found that 84% of UK consumers would  stop using a brand’s service after a data breach. Only 16% of consumers would continue using a brand if they discovered they had many data breaches. […]

Montana Data Breach Notification Law has been updated to expand the definition of “personal information” and also require notice to the state attorney general’s consumer protection office. A data breach is generally a security incident in which sensitive, protected, or confidential data is copied, transmitted, stolen, viewed, or used by an individual unauthorized to do […]

The newest example of revenge porn allegedly comes from a Sprint store located at 6601 N. Davis Highway, Pensacola, Florida. It is alleged that a Sprint employee, while serving a customer, downloaded sexually explicit content from her phone and posted it to multiple pornographic websites. It is our understanding this event is currently being investigated. […]

Yelp’s Terms of Service Section 5(A) of Yelp’s Terms of Service states: [A user] may expose [herself] to liability, for example, Your Content contains material that is false, intentionally misleading, or defamatory . . . contains material that is unlawful, including illegal hate speech . . . violates or advocates the violation of any law […]

What is Defamation? Whenever there is a statement made that injures someone’s reputation, the terms defamation, libel, and slander are thrown around. The terms are commonly misused interchangeably. Defamation is the act of making a false statement that harms someone’s reputation. Both libel and slander are forms of defamation. All of the terms fall under […]

John DiGiacomo has a new article published on PracticalEcommerce.com: How to Protect Against Scraping of Prices, SKUs. ….storeowners will often scrape prices from their competitors’ websites. By analyzing this data, storeowners can reduce their cart abandonment rates, obtain insight into their competitors’ inventory, and ensure that their goods are competitively priced — on the fly. […]

Data breach law links for Sept 9, 2016.   Key takeaways: you’re not immune from data breaches; maintain at least some semblance of security; have a plan. 1. 43 million is an awful lot of customers to notify that their Last.Fm accounts were hacked, or why 123456 isn’t a secure password. Read more…. 2. And another […]

It has recently been brought to our attention that a LemonStand data breach may have occurred, and customer data could be at risk. If your company uses LemonStand’s product and is the victim of a data breach, our attorneys can help you respond. We can and ensure that your reaction is compliant with the law. You can read […]