Last week, a federal court held that the Oneida Wisconsin Tribe was immune from a class action lawsuit for printing confidential information on credit card receipts in violation of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act. While I completely agree with the legal outcome, I wish that it had not come to this. In an… Continue Reading
Working with Law Seminars International, I’ve helped put together a program on how Tribes can effectively use their commercial operations in a way that preserves their tribal sovereignty with respect to Internet consumer protection regulations. The program will take place on August 27th and 28th in Seattle. Every day, Tribes gather personally identifiable information and… Continue Reading
I gave a presentation at the Tribal Net conference this week on the importance of tribal data protection laws and regulations. Sounds like a snoozer, but think about this, yesterday there was a news article about a data breach at a tribal casino. As tribal enterprises, we frequently gather information on our gaming patrons, hotel… Continue Reading
