The Internet-of-Things (IoT) (or Internet of Everything) – privacy and data protection issues in the EU and the US

by Francesca Giannoni-Crystal & Allyson Haynes Stuart I.Introduction The Internet-of-Things (IoT) (or internet-of-everything as it is often interchangeably called[1]) is officially “the next big thing.” The growing proliferation of connected devices has far-reaching implications for consumer...
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International bank compelled to provide information concerning account holders regardless of the location of their accounts

On August 11, 2015, the First Department of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division affirmed a previous order granting petitioner’s motion to direct respondent – an international banking corporation with principal place of business in Taiwan – to respond to an in...
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Sovereign that does not comply with post-discovery order can be sanctioned making everything it owns deemed for “used for commercial activity”

On August 13, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found that the Republic of Argentina failed to comply with a post-judgment discovery order. The awarded sanctions are quite heavy: any property of the Republic of Argentina in the U.S. “is deemed to be used for comme...
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