Legal
December 25, 2018
New act approved by Congress grants open access to US government data
While we have all eyes on the government shutdown situation, Congress has passed a bill that will make it easier…
April 26, 2018
Bill Cosby has been found guilty of sexual assault
On Thursday, a Pennsylvania jury found Bill Cosby guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault. This is one of…
April 13, 2018
Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case in the UK
Google has been generally reluctant to honor European Union “right to be forgotten” requests when people try to hide their…
April 12, 2018
Uber has agreed to expand settlement with FTC over 2016 data breach
Uber previously settled with the FTC over allegations that it didn’t protect it’s custoners’ data back in 2014. Now only…
April 11, 2018
FTC: ‘warranty void if removed’ stickers are now illegal
Remember those stickers that will void your warranty if they were removed? Yes, you expected them whenever you purchased a…
April 10, 2018
Uber executives could face criminal charges in France
It appears that Uber executives are in trouble because France can bring criminal charges against them for operating an illegal…
April 9, 2018
Backpage.com officials have been indicted after FBI shutdown
We learned last week that the US government seized the classified website Backpage.com, shut it down completely, and replaced the…
April 6, 2018
Feds take down America’s premier prostitution website
It appears the federal agencies have seized control of Backpage.com, according to the notice posted late Friday on the infamous…
April 5, 2018
Facebook sees fine of $33 million for not helping Brazilian authorities
The relationship between Facebook and Brazilian authorities has been contentious for quite some time, and because of that, its WhatsApp…
April 3, 2018
SEC has charged two individuals with fraud in continued ICO investigation
Initial Coin Offering (ICO) have received a lot of scrutiny due to the alarming number of fraudulent activities that could…
March 29, 2018
Uber has settled with family of pedestrian that was hit by its self-driving SUV
While Tempe Police are still investigating the fatal crash where Uber’s autonomous SUV struck and killed a pedestrian, the ride-hailing…
March 28, 2018
Facebook is being sued for collecting call logs and text histories
Previously, news broke out that Facebook Messenger and Lite were scrapping call logs and text history from Android devices, the…
March 24, 2018
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica now face their first state lawsuit
There have been several private lawsuits are already hitting both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, and now you can add a…
March 21, 2018
Facebook now faces a lawsuit from user for disclosing data to Cambridge Analytica
While federal, state and other legislative officials from both US and UK are seeking answers from Facebook regarding the data…
March 21, 2018
Bumble hits back at Match Group’s lawsuit allegations
Match Group, the company that owns Tinder, Match.com and OKCupid, recently filed a lawsuit against Bumble, alleging that the rival…
March 20, 2018
New lawsuit claims Uber drivers denied service to woman with cerebral palsy
The lawsuits just don’t stop coming, do they? It appears that Uber is being accused of its drivers denying rides…
March 20, 2018
Uber ‘likely not’ at fault in pedestrian accident, police chief says
Yesterday, we learned that Uber was halting all of its self-driving tests after one of the company’s self-driving cars struck…
March 20, 2018
FTC is reportedly investigating Facebook over use of personal data
It appears that both former and current officials at the FTC are worried about Facebook’s sharing of personal data. In…
March 17, 2018
More states are now considering net neutrality rules
This week, California proposed a bill to preserve net neutrality rules in the state, this was apparently part of a…
March 17, 2018
FCC’s robocall rule gets axed by court because it’s too broad
Previous FCC leadership took some aggressive actions to deal with robocalls, but a new decision by the court just scaled…