Tag Archives: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

IMDb Challenges Recent California Law Shielding Actors’ Ages

By Brian Wheelin on November 14, 2016 Posted in Data Privacy

IMDb.com Inc., the creator of the popular online database of movies and industry professionals, has filed suit in federal court challenging the recently enacted California Assembly Bill 1687 that requires the deletion of an individual’s age from its online profile upon request of that person. IMDb contends that the requirement violates free speech and unfairly … Continue Reading

IRS makes exempt organizations’ Form 990 data available in machine-readable format

By Carly Leinheiser on June 22, 2016 Posted in Internet of Things

On June 16, 2016, the IRS announced that it will be making Form 990s available in machine-readable format through Amazon Web Services. While this information has always been available to the public, it was previously only accessible in PDF format, making searching or viewing data in bulk nearly impossible. The IRS announcement is in response … Continue Reading

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