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The Cat and Mouse Game Between Data Privacy Regulators and Online Advertisers: Data Privacy Trends
 The Cat and Mouse Game Between Data Privacy Regulators and Online Advertisers: Data Privacy Trends 150 150 CloudNine

You didn’t think companies that make a lot of their revenue in online advertising were going to just roll over when Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enacted to protect personal information, did you? Apparently not, as this article discusses.

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It’s Friday the 13th! So, What’s Worse – Jason or Last Minute Votes on CCPA Amendments?: Data Privacy Trends
 It’s Friday the 13th! So, What’s Worse – Jason or Last Minute Votes on CCPA Amendments?: Data Privacy Trends 150 150 CloudNine

OK, today is the day that spawned a whole series of horror movies that have been a part of the Hollywood lexicon for nearly forty years now. But the decisions being made in California this week could impact data privacy considerations for…well, who knows how long? So, which is worse? Depends on your point of view, I guess.

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Searching for Email Addresses Can Have Lots of Permutations Too: eDiscovery Throwback Thursdays
 Searching for Email Addresses Can Have Lots of Permutations Too: eDiscovery Throwback Thursdays 150 150 CloudNine

Last week, we discussed the various permutations of names of individuals to include in your searching for a more complete result set, as well as the benefits of proximity searching (broader than a phrase search, more precise than an AND search) to search for names of individuals. Another way to identify documents associated with individuals is through their email addresses. Let’s take a look.

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Fall 2019 Predictive Coding Technologies and Protocols Survey Results: eDiscovery Trends
 Fall 2019 Predictive Coding Technologies and Protocols Survey Results: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

So many topics, so little time! Rob Robinson published the latest Predictive Coding and Technologies and Protocols Survey on his excellent ComplexDiscovery site last week, but this is the first chance I’ve had to cover it. The results are in and here are some of the findings in the largest response group for this survey yet.

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Another Case Where Intent to Deprive is Put in the Hands of the Jury: eDiscovery Case Law
 Another Case Where Intent to Deprive is Put in the Hands of the Jury: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Woods v. Scissons, Arizona Chief District Judge G. Murray Snow granted in part and denied in part the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions for spoliation of video footage of an arrest incident involving the plaintiff and the defendant (a police officer with the Prescott Police Department), ruling that non-party City of Prescott violated a duty to preserve evidence of the alleged incident, but that the question of intent should be submitted to the jury to determine appropriate sanctions.

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Forget CCPA. COPPA Just Cost YouTube and Google $170 Million: Cybersecurity Trends
 Forget CCPA. COPPA Just Cost YouTube and Google $170 Million: Cybersecurity Trends 150 150 CloudNine

Sure, we’ve been talking a lot the past couple of years about Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), enacted in May 2018 and we’ve already seen one big fine here and another huge potential fine here. And, we’ve been talking for over a year now about the California Consumer Privacy Act, which is scheduled to take effect next January 1st. But, have we talked about “COPPA”? Not, till now. But, “COPPA” just cost YouTube and Google $170 million.

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Court Grants Spoliation Sanctions for Defendant’s Failure to Preserve Photos of Prisoner Plaintiff: eDiscovery Case Law
 Court Grants Spoliation Sanctions for Defendant’s Failure to Preserve Photos of Prisoner Plaintiff: eDiscovery Case Law 150 150 CloudNine

In Wilmoth v. Deputy Austin Murphy, Arkansas District Judge Timothy L. Brooks granted the plaintiff’s Motion for Relief Regarding Spoliation, finding that the “defendant’s conduct in this case was designed to deprive” the plaintiff the use of photographs in litigation that were purported to have shown injuries suffered by the plaintiff associated with his excessive force claim against the deputy defendant.

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What’s in a Name? Potentially, a Lot of Permutations: eDiscovery Throwback Thursdays
 What’s in a Name? Potentially, a Lot of Permutations: eDiscovery Throwback Thursdays 150 150 CloudNine

When looking for documents in your collection that mention key individuals, conducting a name search for those individuals isn’t always as straightforward as you might think. There are potentially a number of different ways names could be represented and if you don’t account for each one of them, you might fail to retrieve key responsive documents – OR retrieve way too many non-responsive documents. Here are some considerations for conducting name searches.

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Weekly Trends From a Name and an Organization You Know Well: eDiscovery Trends
 Weekly Trends From a Name and an Organization You Know Well: eDiscovery Trends 150 150 CloudNine

I’m shocked – shocked! – that I haven’t covered this before now. What if I told you there is a single place you can go to get a list of weekly trends on eDiscovery – everything from articles to case law to announcements and even upcoming events and webinars? And that it’s available from an organization you probably know well and an author you probably know even better? You’d probably want to check that out, right? Indeed, you should.

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Here’s a Webcast to Learn How to Think Like a Millennial When Addressing eDiscovery Needs: eDiscovery Webcasts
 Here’s a Webcast to Learn How to Think Like a Millennial When Addressing eDiscovery Needs: eDiscovery Webcasts 150 150 CloudNine

As we learned in Tom O’Connor’s recent five part blog series, millennials, with their focus on mobile devices and social media sites, may be changing eDiscovery (depending on your point of view).  Regardless, eDiscovery is changing and millennials may be a BIG part of that change.  Here’s a webcast that will help you think like a millennial to address your eDiscovery needs.

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