Tag Archives: Stored Communications Act

The CLOUD Act and the Warrant Canaries That (Sometimes) Live There

Photo of James A. ShererPhoto of Nichole SterlingPhoto of Brittany YantisBy James A. Sherer, Nichole Sterling and Brittany Yantis on Posted in Cloud Computing
The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (Pub. L. No. 115-141 (2018), or the CLOUD Act, was enacted in the U.S. on March 23, 2018, in response to difficulties U.S. law enforcement agencies (LEAs) had when attempting to gain access to data held by cloud service providers through Stored Communication Act (SCA) warrants, as … Continue Reading

Maryland First to Enact Social Media Ban

Photo of Craig A. HoffmanBy Craig A. Hoffman on Posted in Workplace Privacy
Although it may not be a widespread practice among employers, asking employees or job applicants to provide passwords or access rights to social media accounts (e.g. Facebook or Twitter) has gained national attention and has been widely criticized by advocacy groups and politicians. While members of Congress are evaluating ways to prohibit the practice, Maryland became the … Continue Reading

Loss of Personal Information in Security Breach Results in Loss of Some “Unidentified Value”

Photo of Craig A. HoffmanBy Craig A. Hoffman on Posted in Data Breaches, Online Privacy, Privacy Litigation
A December 2009 SQL injection attack against social network application maker RockYou.com’s database resulted in the breach of 32 million log-in credentials ( e-mail address and password).  Not only did RockYou.com store the log-in credentials of its users in plain text, it also stored those user’s log-in credentials for social networking sites like Facebook and … Continue Reading
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