Legal Bytes has traditionally focused on convergence—notably, the convergence of advertising, media and entertainment, health care, financial services, and social interaction, with technology. In each case, technology is changing the way we interact with each other and the world around us, and our job is to pick out the legal implications and enlighten you or stimulate your thinking, or—we hope—both.
This month we would like to stimulate your thinking with an interesting legal question related to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) and a “secret” not many know. Most consumers in the United States and abroad think of GLBA as a privacy protection statute—Title V of GLBA requires financial institutions to give individuals notice and the ability to control certain kinds of information-sharing. Did you know Title V might not have made it into GLBA were it not for Victoria’s Secret? So tell us what you know about the connection and we’ll reward you with a prize.
Remember—please DON’T send your answers to the Legal Bytes blog; send them directly to me at joseph.rosenbaum@rimonlaw.com. Good luck.