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"Secure browsing" and the law

switzerland In a democratic country (even in the US, I suppose), there are strong restrictions for spying on someone, be it about the internet, phone calls or otherwise. I don't know whether the ...
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"Secure browsing" and the law

There are different aspects/layers to this question. The "privacy mode" of a browser can provide two kinds of protection, it provides privacy against other users of a shared account e.g. on ...
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Is audio recording a promise made by another person legal in the US?

If you tell them you are recording, and they keep talking, they have consented to the recording This means that, in places which require the consent of both parties to record a conversation (which is ...
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Is audio recording a promise made by another person legal in the US?

I'm telling the person that I'm audio recording his verbal promise . . . is this legal in the US? Yes. Obviously so. Why wouldn't it be? can this audio recording be admitted as evidence in court? ...
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Is there some kind of law that even if data is legally compiled from public sources, it is illegal to collect too much and share it?

Note that the answers assume you are collecting the data from an unrestricted source. In the US, a fact can not be copyrighted but a collection of facts can be, so a specific database may be ...
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Is there some kind of law that even if data is legally compiled from public sources, it is illegal to collect too much and share it?

It's perfectly possible to collate a set of public data that a government agency might feel it necessary to apply a restrictive security classification to. At that point you're in Official Secrets ...
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How do I keep my web site out of Europe?

It's not relevant whether your website is available in Europe, so attempting to block Europeans from accessing it is not the right approach. It's possible to have a website be available in Europe ...
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Is there some kind of law that even if data is legally compiled from public sources, it is illegal to collect too much and share it?

The goal of "sharing information" may possibly be illegal itself, depending on what you are sharing and why, regardless of where the information came from. As an example, a student named ...
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What are the risks (if any) of not having terms and conditions and a privacy policy on a web app?

Since you asked what the risks are: The following applys in the EU for Example. Not telling your Users what data you collect and how you use it (even just the mandatory IP- Adresses) can make you ...
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Is there some kind of law that even if data is legally compiled from public sources, it is illegal to collect too much and share it?

gdpreuropean-union Even if you gather from public sources, you need to comply with the GDPR to process Personal Identifiable Data. That means you need a strictly legal basis to even be allowed to ...
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Is there some kind of law that even if data is legally compiled from public sources, it is illegal to collect too much and share it?

united-states There is no such law in the United States. It is legal to collect large amounts of raw data from public sources and share it. Usually, even information protected by a non-disclosure ...
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What are the risks (if any) of not having terms and conditions and a privacy policy on a web app?

A privacy policy is needed to communicate to the users how their personal data is handled by the app (if it is handled at all). Terms and Conditions are needed to spell out terms of the contract ...
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What are the risks (if any) of not having terms and conditions and a privacy policy on a web app?

If you want to make your app available in app stores, those will insist on documentation. The lack of a privacy statement may be in violation of the privacy laws in various countries. Your ...
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Can I use the MIT license as Terms and Conditions on a personal project

These two things are independent. The MIT license is for the source code, it basically means that anyone can download and copy the source code, use it for his own projects and manipulate it to his ...
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Is it legal to sell emails?

Forget privacy law, copyright law forbids this almost everywhere An email is a literary work and the author owns the copyright. That means you can’t copy it without permission. While it’s arguable ...
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Was the EncroChat Hack Legal? If not, is there a legal mechanism which could allow the evidence to be used?

This depends on the jurisdiction. Having spies hack in a foreign country may very well be legal. But even if it is not, some jurisdictions allow evidence gathered in an illegal manner. That is, the ...
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Is it legal to sell emails?

If the gdpr applies to you (you didn't say where you live or work from or who your clients are), this would be illegal. You said you are working and not a private person with their friends list on a ...
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Is it legal to sell emails?

Without a data privacy document provided by the client that exactly describes what they want to do with the data, that would be an absolute no-go for me. Additionally for me, they would need to sign a ...
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Is there some law that requires businesses to erase your financial information after a period of time?

So what does the law say regarding businesses keeping of financial information? My understanding is that the BBB recommends businesses get rid of this info, but is there anything requiring them to? A ...
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Am I required to disclose that my injury happened on someone else's property?

Your father-in-law's liability isn't really your question to decide. If your injury is covered under his insurance policy -- and it may or may not be -- then your insurance company has a right to seek ...
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How can you tell if an application author or user is the one controlling or processing data?

If you look at the definitions in Article 4 GDPR: (2) ‘processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by ...
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How can you tell if an application author or user is the one controlling or processing data?

If this is more than just academic interest, your business plan should include hiring a lawyer. But if the data never leaves the device of the user, and if you have no way to access that data unless ...
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What are some reasonable requests, if someone doesn't want to be in a video of others vlog when walking on street, which shared online in California?

Bob has a right to privacy that covers virtually everything Bob wants to keep private. For example: He has the right to keep his face private. He has the right to keep his Social Security number ...
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How to interpret "non-affiliated third parties" in privacy policies

united-states It seems my initial assumption was incorrect -- "affiliate" does not apply to every party you have business dealings with. It implies some sort of ownership or control ...
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What's the legal difference between a security camera and filming on your smartphone?

I will focus on the difference between a security camera and a person filming: Various countries in the EU have different laws, the GDPR unifying this to an extent. But each country could easily be ...
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Can a school force me to use cloud services I don't agree to?

The school isn't really "forcing you" to do anything. It is simply stating that if you want to take a particular class then you have to follow the rules of that class. You can opt not to ...
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Can a PO box address be used as the registered address for a sole proprietorship in India?

I'm providing an alternative jurisdiction answer in case it is useful to others. united-kingdomengland-and-walesnorthern-irelandscotland Sole proprietorship businesses are not "registered" ...
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