Facebook has removed a controversial app, dubbed Facebook Research, from the iOS app store after coming under fire for essentially paying teenagers to let the company spy on their mobile activity. The story on Tuesday by TechCrunch found that since 2016 the company has been paying users, mostly teens, to download a VPN app that gives the […]
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You might have heard or seen the term “registered agent,” and wondered, “What is that exactly?” A registered agent (sometimes called a “resident agent” or “statutory agent”) is an individual or a company with the authority to accept service of process on behalf of a business. This definition often leads to a second question, “What is
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By Amy Shim When there’s competition, intellectual property management is a vital component of a modern business plan. Stolen product and process designs can steal market share and profits from your company, while holding a patent offers exclusive rights to produce and sell an invention and, as a legal declaration of property, also becomes an asset
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By Richard Vernon Smith California has enacted a new law mandating that companies incorporated in California as well as foreign corporations (such as Delaware corporations) headquartered in California, and which are listed on major U.S. stock exchanges, have at the close of calendar 2019: At least 1 female director At the close of calendar 2021:
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In Washington DC Tuesday, there was a meeting of state Attorneys General about big technology companies and their impact on the market and public discourse. Originally the meeting was called to investigate alleged anti-conservative bias on social media; however it quickly evolved into a wider discussion of multiple issues, including antitrust, consumer privacy and data
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Facebook has been exploited in the past for discriminatory ad targeting, specifically in the housing market. Now the Communications Workers of America and the ACLU are alleging that some employers used the platform to discriminate against women. The parties filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Facebook and 10 employers alleging
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By Tina Gehres Contract law allows business owners various mechanisms to mitigate the risk of a potentially crippling lawsuit in the case of an accident or loss. The indemnity agreement is one of the most common contracts used to provide this type of protection. While many contractual terms are somewhat self-explanatory, “indemnity” is a word
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Facebook, Twitter, and Google’s security teams are staying busy. All three companies reported this week that they had removed malicious items from their platforms that had originated in Iran — Facebook took down 652 Pages, groups and accounts, Twitter removed 284 accounts and Google disabled a total 42 YouTube channels, 16 Google+ accounts, six Blogger
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At this point in time, almost every marketer has heard about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Europe’s sweeping data privacy legislation that went into effect at the end of May. US companies are bound by this law because it governs all European Union (EU) members, no matter where their data is collected. Under GDPR,
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By Harry L. Clark and Richard D. Harroch The United States has enacted laws that expand U.S. government screening of certain transactions involving foreign companies and governments as well as regulation of the transfer and use of sensitive U.S. goods and technologies in the United States and abroad. The impetus for this new legislation is
