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FTC Testifies about Data Security and Small Business

March 8, 2017
Corey Silverstein
Data Breach and Security, FTC Compliance and Defense, Internet Privacy, Law, Website Agreements & Disclaimers

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), earlier today (March 8, 2017), Acting FTC Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen spoke about the FTC’s continuing efforts in protecting consumers and educating small businesses on ways to keep consumer data secure. “Failing to take reasonable precautions to secure data from identity thieves and other malicious actors hurts consumers and legitimate businesses alike,” Acting Chairman Ohlhausen said in her written testimony. “Data breaches can harm a business’s financial interests and reputation as well as result in the loss of consumer confidence in the businesses to whom they entrust their data. In the case of…

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Releases Annual Summary of Consumer Complaints

March 3, 2017
Corey Silverstein
Data Breach and Security, FTC Compliance and Defense, Internet Privacy, Law, Spam Law, Website Agreements & Disclaimers

In 2016, the Consumer Sentinel Network collected more than 3.1 million consumer complaints, which the FTC sorted into 30 top complaint categories. The complaint categories making up the top 10 are:

Internet Lawyer, Corey Silverstein Accepts Invitation to Speak at Michigan State College of Law

February 26, 2017
Corey Silverstein
Data Breach and Security, FTC Compliance and Defense, Internet Law, Internet Privacy, Law, News

Silverstein Legal is proud to announce that website lawyer, Corey Silverstein has accepted an invitation to speak at Michigan State College of Law, Journal of Business and Securities Law, Vol. 17 Spring Symposium. Internet attorney, Corey Silverstein is scheduled to speak on Friday, April 7, 2017 at 10:45a.m. at the Michigan State University Law College Building, Castle Board Room, 3rd Floor. Mr. Silverstein’s panel is entitled Regulation: The Legal Perspective on Evolving Federal and State Law and the following are the planned general discussion points: Setting the stage for the afternoon discussion on delivery of legal services and issues from…

Website Attorney, Corey Silverstein Reminds You: Don’t Forget Website Terms of Use and Service

November 15, 2016
Corey Silverstein
Contracts, FTC Compliance and Defense, Internet Law, Law, Website Agreements & Disclaimers

As a website attorney, one of the more frequent questions that I receive is whether Website Terms of Use and Website Terms of Service are different. In most cases the answer is no. To put it simply, a website’s Terms of Use or Terms of Service is the contract between the website operator and its user(s). The Terms of Use or Terms of Service should contain numerous legally binding provisions between a website operator and its user(s). It is also essential that a website’s Terms of Use or Terms of Service are properly implemented on a website so that the…

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Website Lawyer, Corey Silverstein Reminds You to Have Your Online Business Reviewed for Legal Compliance

November 10, 2016
Corey Silverstein
Commercial Litigation, Communications Decency Act, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, FTC Compliance and Defense, Intellectual Property, Internet Law, Internet Privacy, Law, Spam Law, Trademark Law, Website Agreements & Disclaimers

There are far too many online business operators that are not taking legal compliance seriously enough and subjecting themselves to potential liability. A commercial website is still a business regardless of the fact that its home is the world wide web, instead of a traditional brick and mortar facility. In its October 2014 Web Server Survey, NetCraft confirmed that there are over 1 billion websites on the world wide web today. If you think that governments and enforcement agencies across the world have not taken notice of this fact, then you are kidding yourself. In the United States, federal agencies…

Say Hello to the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework

August 30, 2016
Corey Silverstein
FTC Compliance and Defense, Internet Privacy, Law

In October 2015, the European Court of Justice invalidated the International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles which were established in 2000. The Safe Harbor Privacy Principles allowed certified U.S. companies to receive personal data of EU residents in compliance with EU cross-border transfer rules. While many rejoiced the invalidation, numerous legal experts predicted that the invalidated Safe Harbor Privacy Principles would quickly be replaced. The legal experts were right. The EU-US Privacy Shield is a framework for transatlantic exchanges of personal data for commercial purposes between the European Union and the United States. After more than two years of negotiations, on…