Digital Media & Data Privacy Law

COVID-19 and the Increased Cybersecurity Risk in a Work-From-Home World

vdavis — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 04:00:00 +0000

As COVID-19 has spread throughout the world and within the United States, companies of all sizes have had to make quick decisions about how to implement work-from-home procedures. While many businesses are accustomed to having some of their...(read more)

Will Quick

Like Incorporating Facebook into your Website? EU Decision Raises New Issues

vdavis — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:05:28 +0000

Digital Media & Data Privacy Law

A ruling by the highest court in the European Union regarding the common practice of putting a Facebook “Like” button on a website could have repercussions for American companies doing business overseas. In late July, the Court of Justice of the...(read more)

Will Quick

Lessons Learned: Key Takeaways for Every Business from the Capital One Data Breach

vdavis — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:48:05 +0000

Digital Media & Data Privacy Law

When news of a major data breach, like the recent one at Capital One, makes headlines, the first response of many business owners may be to breathe a big sigh of relief that it wasn’t them. However, it’s critical that companies use these publicized...(read more)

Will Quick

Will Quick Talks to WRAL About Privacy Issues Related to Doorbell Cameras

vdavis — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:41:22 +0000

Digital Media & Data Privacy Law

Brooks Pierce attorney Will Quick recently spoke to Raleigh television station WRAL about the intersection of privacy law and home surveillance technology, particularly doorbell cameras, used by private citizens. While most people use these types of...(read more)

About Us

dcampo — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:41:50 +0000

Digital Media & Data Privacy Law

The contributors to Brooks Pierce’s Digital Media & Data Privacy Law comprise our firm’s digital media & data privacy practice group. We have successfully represented broadcast and print clients in First Amendment and other media litigation...(read more)

Not in My House - California to Regulate IoT Device Security

vdavis — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:32:38 +0000

Digital Media & Data Privacy Law

On Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law first-in-the-nation legislation requiring that manufacturers include “reasonable security features” on any device that is “capable of connecting to the Internet”—commonly...(read more)

Ninth Circuit Says You’re Going to Jail for Visiting That Website without Permission

dsmyth — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:10:52 +0000

Digital Media & Data Privacy Law

Zounds, right? But that is arguably what the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said about the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in Facebook v. Power Ventures, Inc. on July 12 th . Let’s get to it. Facts Power Ventures and its CEO Steven Vachani...(read more)

Ninth Circuit Interprets “Without Authorization” under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

dsmyth — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:52:07 +0000

Digital Media & Data Privacy Law

When we last left David Nosal, he had escaped liability under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act after convincing some of his former colleagues at executive search firm Korn/Ferry to use their log-in credentials to download source lists, names and...(read more)

Taking a Walk Back to a Kinder, Gentler Interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

dsmyth — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:24:04 +0000

Digital Media & Data Privacy Law

We don’t usually talk about four-year-old court decisions in the first instance here. But the Ninth Circuit has issued a pair of noteworthy opinions interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the last few weeks. And to understand those it will...(read more)

Fourth Circuit Says Law Enforcement Doesn’t Need a Warrant to Figure out Where You Are

dsmyth — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:16:25 +0000

Digital Media & Data Privacy Law

Like many people, Aaron Graham and Eric Jordan carried cell phones around in 2011. Unlike most people, Graham and Jordan were convicted of crimes arising from their participation in a series of armed robberies [1] in that period, and were soon sorry...(read more)