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 | FTC Once Again Extends Enforcement Deadline for Red Flags Rule New Deadline for Compliance -- June 1, 2010
November 6, 2009, previously published on November 3, 2009 Late on October 30, 2009 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that at the request of Congress it was delaying its enforcement of the "Red Flags" Rule until June 1, 2010. This delay in compliance with the Red Flags Rule applies only to creditors and financial institutions that are... |
| PTO Rescinds Controversial Rules and Pushes for Substantive Rulemaking Authority
November 6, 2009 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) announced on October 8 that the controversial rules that would have limited the number of patent claims per application, and the number of continuing applications that could be filed, have been rescinded. This withdrawal effectively settles the dispute in... |
 | Collection of Fingerprints to Record Attendance Breaches Personal Privacy
November 6, 2009, previously published on November 4, 2009 A recent investigation report published by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (the "Commissioner") found that collecting an employee's fingerprint to record the employee's attendance at work breached the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance ("PDPO"). |
| Internet's Expansion with Internationalized Domain Names may Spur Registration Boom and Cybersquatting
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; November 5, 2009, previously published on November 3, 2009 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)--which is responsible for managing the assignment of domain names and IP addresses on the Internet--approved a new plan on October 30, 2009, to allow non-Latin characters in domain names. |
| Massachusetts Announces Revisions to Data Security Regulations
Beth I. Z. Boland, Scott C. Kleekamp; Bingham McCutchen LLP; November 5, 2009, previously published on November 5, 2009 As highlighted in Bingham's Privacy & Security Alerts dated October 31, 2008, November 18, 2008, February 18, 2009, and August 19, 2009, the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation ("OCABR") has issued regulations (the "Regulations"), codified at 201... |
| FTC Extends Enforcement Deadline for Red Flags Rule to June 1, 2010
Jade Cobb; Ford & Harrison LLP; November 5, 2009, previously published on November 4, 2009 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has again delayed enforcement of the Red Flags Rule. Enforcement was previously delayed until November 1, 2009, but has now been delayed until June 1, 2010. |
| FTC Defers Red Flags Rule Enforcement to June 1, 2010
Kenneth K. Dort, Larry M. Goodall, Kimberly J. Kannensohn, Jonathan A. Vogel; McGuireWoods LLP; November 5, 2009 Last Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) deferred enforcement of the Red Flags Rule once again, from Nov. 1, 2009 to June 1, 2010, "at the request of Members of Congress." However, the FTC also acknowledged that earlier that day, the U.S. District Court for the... |
| "Improved Enforcement" of Privacy Laws
Stevens & Lee, A Professional Corporation; November 5, 2009, previously published on November 2, 2009 The Secretary of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued new enforcement regulations on October 30, 2009 in order to conform HIPAA regulations to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the "HITECH Act"). The HITECH Act provided for... |
| FTC Enforcement of FACTA Red Flag Rule Delayed to June 2010
Elizabeth M. Bohn; Jorden Burt LLP; November 5, 2009, previously published on November 2, 2009 The FTC has again extended the enforcement deadline of the Red Flags Rule ("the Rule") for financial institutions and creditors subject to its jurisdiction. These include state chartered credit unions, mutual funds that offer accounts with check writing privileges, other entities that... |
| Warning to Employers: If Your Health Risk Assessment Violates GINA, You May Have to Tell the IRS (and Pay Excise Taxes)
Jones Day; November 5, 2009, previously published on October 2009 As reported in an earlier Jones Day Commentary entitled "Open Enrollment Alert--No Reward Goes Unpunished," the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services jointly issued interim final rules to implement certain provisions of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act... |
