Best Practices for Social and Mobile Media as Privacy Laws Evolve

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An article by David White posted on law.com on the LTN webpage.

This article discusses compliance challenges raised by the use of mobile devices and social media networks in the workplace.

The article states, "To minimize such issues, legal departments must develop a working relationship with both marketing and IT in order to fully understand how information acquired through social-mobile initiatives is being collected, stored, and utilized by the company, and to assess the impact on the company's electronic discovery, records retention, and regulatory compliance obligations.

In the U.S., several hundred state laws govern data captured by companies, including social-mobile data. These laws include statutes regarding data security and breach response, records retention and destruction, and data privacy regulations aimed at protecting personal information of employees and customers. An alphabet soup of federal regulations (e.g.,HIPAA, COPPA, FACTA/FCRA, ECPA, and the VPPA) also governs this data. As emerging technologies continue to challenge societal expectations of privacy, new methods for collecting, storing, aggregating, and sharing information continue to push the boundaries of our legal frameworks."

The article goes on to discuss current trends, and also projects that litigation related to these issues will continue to increase.

In addition, the article provides some suggested tips for best practices, and offers some discussion around the suggested tips.