Law360 has published my article (subscription required) on data privacy class actions. The article discusses lessons from the first wave of these cases as well as steps companies can take in advance to reduce their litigation risks.
August 2013
Social Media Laws Can Be Positively Anti-Social
By Michael Vatis on
Posted in Privacy Regulation
According to Dan Balz’s new book, the Obama campaign had its employees and volunteers log onto the campaign’s “Dashboard” application using their Facebook accounts, which allowed the campaign to see each person’s Facebook friend list. The campaign would then match the friends’ names to other information the campaign had amassed showing which of those…