Why would you put a DMCA or privacy policy in your contract?
This week’s musings on tech contracts… A lot of companies add their DMCA* and privacy policies to their contracts. They link those policies and add language incorporating them by reference. That’s a mistake. Your policies are not contracts, and you gain nothing by incorporating them. In fact, you pay a price. Privacy Policy A privacy […]
Re-Register for the DMCA by the End of 2017
In its ongoing effort to keep us on our toes, the Library of Congress has changed the rules governing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In short, if you’re already signed up to take advantage of the DMCA safe harbor, you must re-designate your agent online by the end of 2017. Without the DMCA, service providers […]
Safe Harbor v. 2.0: “EU-US Privacy Shield”
[Things don’t stand still in the world of data privacy. Check out our short updates: Spring Cleaning: Fix Contract Terms for Data Transfers From The UK; The Clock is Ticking: Are Your Contract Terms Out-of-Date for Transfers of Personal Data Subject to the GDPR?; Third Time Lucky? Personal Data Transfers between the U.S., EU, UK; Draft EU […]
FAQ’s re EU Data Transfers, Now that Safe Harbor Is Gone
[Things don’t stand still in the world of data privacy. Check out our updates: https://www.techcontracts.com/2023/07/21/personal-data-transfers-schrems/, Spring Cleaning: Fix Contract Terms for Data Transfers From The UK; The Clock is Ticking: Are Your Contract Terms Out-of-Date for Transfers of Personal Data Subject to the GDPR?; Third Time Lucky? Personal Data Transfers between the U.S., EU, UK; Draft EU “Adequacy Decision” […]