Background -
The issue of fraudulent crypto-related mobile apps has received much attention of late. Back in July 2022, the FBI issued a notice, warning financial institutions and investors about instances where criminals...more
9/16/2022
/ Apple ,
Communications Decency Act ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cryptocurrency ,
FBI ,
Financial Institutions ,
Fraud ,
Immunity ,
Limitation of Liability Clause ,
Mobile Apps ,
Phishing Scams
On December 9, 2020, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple and Google will block the data broker X-Mode Social Inc. (“X-Mode”) from collecting location data from iPhone and Android users. Apple and Google have...more
12/11/2020
/ Apple ,
Carpenter v US ,
Cell Phones ,
Cell Site Location Information (CSLI) ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Geolocation ,
Google ,
Location Data
There has been a lot of attention in the media lately with respect to the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica issue and its fall-out (including today’s coverage of the announcement that Facebook suspended almost 200 apps pending a...more
5/17/2018
/ Apple ,
Cambridge Analytica ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Facebook ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Concerns
This week’s Apple X announcement was not more than a few hours old, and the questions began to come in. Apple’s introduction of Face ID facial recognition on its new phone – although already available in some form on several...more
9/15/2017
/ Apple ,
Biometric Information ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Use Policies ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
iPhone ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Privacy ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Spoofing