Lawyer Article
Privacy Considerations and Geolocation Technologies
March 26, 2012
The rise of GPS devices, Google Maps and other location-tracking technology has led to serious privacy concerns. Increasingly, courts are discussing putting boundaries on how such personal information can be tracked.
Womble Carlyle attorney Ted Claypoole writes on the intersection of location technology and the law in “Privacy Considerations Limit Geolocation Technologies.” The article is published in the American Bar Association’s Business Law Today.
The article is co-authored by Richard C. Balough of the Balough Law Offices, LLC, in Chicago. The authors are the co-chairs of the Mobile Commerce subcommittee of the Cyberspace Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the ABA.
Ted Claypoole focuses his practice on information security, privacy, consumer data treatment and contingency planning matters. He leads data breach incident response teams in the financial, information processing, retail and software industries. A frequent author and speaker on privacy and data security issues, Claypoole practices in Womble Carlyle’s Charlotte office.
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