We often receive questions about how to choose an attorney or law firm that is suitable for your particular issue or business. Here are some considerations to keep in mind. There are a number of consideration that go into vetting an appropriate attorney. The first, and arguably most important, is ensuring that your attorney understands business relationships and how companies function. While many lawyers are technically proficient in the law, it is important to ensure that y

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 E-Privacy Directive (the “Directive”), implemented in May 2012, requires that websites obt

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 at OlenderFeldman LLP, says sharing is generally required by law only for: Records of financial tra

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 what data they put on social networking sites, as it could end up in court. By Adam Elewa In litigation, businesses

In honor of Data Privacy Day, Cyber Data Risk Managers asked top industry experts their thoughts on what they think, feel and should happen in 2013 as it pertains to Data Privacy, Information Security and Cyber Insurance and what steps can be taken to mitigate risk. Cyber Data Risk Managers asked many top privacy and data security experts, including Dr. Larry Ponemon, Rick Kam, Richard Santalesa and Bruce Schneier, their thoughts on what to expect in 2013. OlenderFeldman LLP

OlenderFeldman LLP Data Protection and Privacy lawyers will attend the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Global Privacy Summit, to be held March 6-8 in Washington, D.C. The event will feature thousands of privacy industry professionals participating in dozens of educational sessions. If you would like to meetup with Michael, please send him an email or contact us using the contact form. We hope to see you there.

What is the best way to protect against employee lawsuits? We recently received an inquiry about the best ways for businesses to protect against employee lawsuits. We’ve found that most employee lawsuits occur due to low morale, unaddressed personality conflicts, disparate productivity between employees and/or failure to give effective performance reviews. Of course, it is always important to have effective, well-drafted legal documents and policies that clearly delineate emp

In this age of social media and ubiquitous photography, what are your rights as a photographer? What privacy laws do you need to be concerned with? OlenderFeldman LLP was interviewed by Dave Johnson of Techhive.com about the rights and obligations of photographers, especially concerning privacy: First, the good news: Most people, most of the time, can simply take pictures and not worry about what is legal and what isn’t. As a general rule, you can use a camera to take photos

The consequences of failing to develop employment-hiring materials can be devastating. So why do many employers fail to develop a basic set of documents governing the employment relationship with new hires? Howard Matalon notes that although employment documents can be developed in a very cost-effective manner, many employers fail to give consideration to such documents until it is too late. and no employer can afford to build a business without them. “Employers must reprior