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Social Media and Discovery

Social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, have become repositories of large amount of personal data. Increasingly this data is being viewed as relevant to all manner of litigation proceedings, and as such is increasingly being sought during discovery in civil litigation. Business and individuals that use social networking services should be aware of…
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OlenderFeldman Quoted in State Farm’s “Fast Tracks”

When should you provide your social security number? State Farm asked us when sharing is required. State Farm contacted OlenderFeldman LLP to ask when sharing your social security number is appropriate: Think before revealing your Social Security Number (SSN). Its unauthorized use could lead to privacy invasion and identify fraud. Aaron Messing, an information privacy attorney…
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Does your website comply with the European Union’s e-Privacy Directive?

Directive 2002/58 on Privacy and Electronic Communications, otherwise known as E-Privacy Directive, is an European Union directive on data protection and privacy in the digital age, which has been recently updated to require informed consent for non-essential cookies. Many of our clients transact business internationally and have websites that target European users. The European Union’s…
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