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Troutman Sanders LLP: Risks Associated With Bring Your Own Device ('BYOD') Policies
Posted on 3 Aug 2012 by Troutman Sanders

Over the past year, more and more employers are letting their employees connect personal smartphones or tablets to the employer's network. Some companies have even stopped supplying their employees with computers; instead, employees bring their own... Read More

Tags: CICD , tablets , data security , Emerging Issues , cyber risk , BYOD , Company-Issued Communications Devices , Android , Privacy , bring your own device policies , Smartphones , Troutman Sanders , laptops

Invasion of Privacy - The Path App Controversy
Posted on 1 Mar 2012 by Peter S. Vogel

By Peter S. Vogel Path confessed that it took users' address book data without permission when the app loaded and admits it "made a mistake." Path's app runs on the iPhone and Android and according to Path's Story : Path dreamed... Read More

Tags: Internet Privacy , Path , cyber-risk , Android , Peter S. Vogel , Privacy , iPhone

TechLaw10:FTC Spots False Internet Claims and Puts Skin in the Game
Posted on 23 Sep 2011 by Jonathan Armstrong

TechLaw10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this episode, Jonathan and Eric discuss a recent Android and iOS app that claimed to treat acne with colored lights emitted from the smartphone... Read More

Tags: TechLaw10 , iOS , Jonathan Armstrong , Android , Eric Sinrod , Federal Trade Commission

Peter S. Vogel: Is the Android Part of Google’s Antitrust Strategy?
Posted on 6 Oct 2015 by Peter S. Vogel

By Peter S. Vogel The NY Times reported that “regulators are looking at whether Google unfairly uses the software to promote its other dominant services.” The report entitled “ F.T.C. Is Said to Investigate Claims That Google Used... Read More

Tags: technology , Android , Peter S. Vogel , Privacy , FTC , Google