by Kathy Ossian | Feb 24, 2020 | IT Law Alerts
In 1988, Michigan enacted the Personal Privacy Protection Act (PPPA) to “preserve personal privacy with respect to the purchase, rental, or borrowing” of written materials, sound recordings, and video recordings. Enacted with the video rental industry in mind, the...
by Kathy Ossian | Feb 10, 2020 | IT Law Alerts
Calling or texting consumers without proper consent can lead to a potential violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA). The TCPA prohibits calls and texts to consumers using an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) without obtaining the...
by Kathy Ossian | Jan 27, 2020 | IT Law Alerts
On January 8, 2020, the Michigan Supreme Court amended a longstanding court rule that had allowed local courts to determine the use of electronics in their facilities, including outright bans of such devices. The amended rule allows attorneys, parties and members of...
by Kathy Ossian | Jan 7, 2020 | IT Law Alerts
On January 1, 2020, California’s new consumer privacy act became effective. The California Consumer Protection Act, or CCPA, includes a broad definition of “personal information” that not only includes identifiers like name, address, phone number and email address,...
by Kathy Ossian | Dec 9, 2019 | IT Law Alerts
In 2015, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court against Harvard University. The class action complaint alleged that thousands of videos and audio tracks on the university’s website and third-party platforms violated...
