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Data Security & Privacy

Data Privacy Day 2013: Google and Twitter Release Reports Highlighting Increase in ‘Warrantless’ Government Surveillance

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Happy Data Privacy Day 2013! To data privacy professionals and advocates, January 28th is an opportunity to create awareness and underscore the importance of how mission-critical data can affect our daily routine.  In two separately released reports by “data” giants Google, Inc. and Twitter, Inc., both companies conclude that the U.S. government rarely establishes probable cause […]

Business Law

NLRB Rules Some Facebook and Twitter ‘Rants’ are Protected by Federal Law

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The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently concluded that employers may not discipline or terminate an employee for engaging in some forms of communication on social media sites, like Facebook and Twitter.  The reasoning behind this ruling is that if the employee is engaged in “protected concerted activity” whereby they are discussing terms and conditions […]