Adam Grant

Adam Grant

Adam is a principal with Alpert,Barr & Grant, APLC, and has nearly 20 years of legal experience. His practice focuses on all forms of civil litigation including mobile app laws with a clear understanding of the fast‐changing landscape of data privacy, Adam regularly advises app developers and businesses with an online presence on how toeffectively deal with the issues on data collection and analysis. He helps developers and businesses avoid entering a legal maze with no exit.
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The intersection of AR, IoT, and Apps in the legal realm

Augmented Reality

The intersection of AR, IoT, and Apps in the legal realm


  • Thursday, April 27, 2017
  • By Adam Grant

The Intersection of AR (Augmented Reality), IoT and Apps: Challenges, Opportunities and the Legal Pitfalls....


O Brother, Where Art Thou How New Laws Are Governing the Collection and Use of Geolocation Information Inside Apps

Mobile Guidelines

O Brother, Where Art Thou How New Laws Are Governing the Collection and Use of Geolocation Information Inside Apps


  • Saturday, September 20, 2014
  • By Adam Grant

Trying to find out where someone is located is valuable information for businesses and attorneys, but there are new laws winding their way through Congress which directly impact how this information is obtained. In 2000, George Clooney appeared ...


Riley vs. California: A revoltin development or recognition of the importance of digital privacy

Mobile Guidelines

Riley vs. California: A revoltin development or recognition of the importance of digital privacy


  • Saturday, June 28, 2014
  • By Adam Grant

On June 25, 2014, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in David Riley vs. California  573 U.S. ___ (2014) which addressed the question of whether the police properly searched Riley’s mobile phone as part of a traffic violatio...


IoT meets VR: The Next Concern Over Mobile Privacy

Mobile Guidelines

IoT meets VR: The Next Concern Over Mobile Privacy


  • Wednesday, April 23, 2014
  • By Adam Grant

In the beginning of this year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it seemed as if every sponsor and vendor was introducing a product that demonstrated a deep commitment to mobile technology and its interaction with the “Internet of Th...


App Law and Which Way I Ought To Go From Here

Mobile Guidelines

App Law and Which Way I Ought To Go From Here


  • Tuesday, April 1, 2014
  • By Adam Grant

On March 21, the FTC issued a press release that caused me to reflect on a certain piece of famous literature I read as a child. As I read the press release, I thought about Lewis Carroll’s timeless classic, Alice in Wonderland, and how it could p...


Should Mobile App Developers Create Analytics to Track the NSA

Mobile Guidelines

Should Mobile App Developers Create Analytics to Track the NSA


  • Monday, March 3, 2014
  • By Adam Grant

Before you read on, do not think that this article is political in nature or advocates anything remotely approaching what the title suggests. Contrary to the “hook” contained in the title, the purpose of the article is to educate Mobile App Develo...


Android Mobile Software Will No Longer include Google’s Privacy Feature

Mobile Tech

Android Mobile Software Will No Longer include Google’s Privacy Feature


  • Monday, December 16, 2013
  • By Adam Grant

Google just removed a privacy feature from its Android mobile software which previously allowed consumers to block apps from collecting personal information. Consumers who now use Android 4.4.2, the latest version of the popular operating system, mus...


FTC Questions Just How Much Light Flashlight App Sheds on Amount of Information Obtained from Users

Mobile Guidelines

FTC Questions Just How Much Light Flashlight App Sheds on Amount of Information Obtained from Users


  • Monday, December 9, 2013
  • By Adam Grant

On Friday, December 5, 2013, the FTC announced it settled charges against Goldenshores Technologies, LLC, the company behind the “Brightest Flashlight Free” App. According to the release, the app has been downloaded tens of millions of times by use...


From Lemonade and Lucy to COPPA and Cookies

Mobile Guidelines

From Lemonade and Lucy to COPPA and Cookies


  • Sunday, December 8, 2013
  • By Adam Grant

On July 1, 2013, the Child Online Privacy Protection Policy (“COPPA”) dramatically altered how we think about cookies Growing up as children in the US, our first taste of commerce involved selling lemonade in front of our house on ...


FTC to Discuss Emerging Consumer Privacy Issues in Spring 2014 Seminars

Mobile Guidelines

FTC to Discuss Emerging Consumer Privacy Issues in Spring 2014 Seminars


  • Wednesday, December 4, 2013
  • By Adam Grant

On Monday, December 2nd, the Federal Trade Commission announced three consumer privacy issues it plans to examine in 2014. As part of this initiative, the FTC will hold three events in 2014 that focus on mobile tracking, consumer online scoring and u...


What Every App Developer Needs to Know About the NTIA's Code of Conduct

Mobile Guidelines

What Every App Developer Needs to Know About the NTIA's Code of Conduct


  • Tuesday, November 5, 2013
  • By Adam Grant

Voluntary and Short...Really? I have come to a recent belief; fewer and fewer things in life seem to be voluntary, even though they say they are and even less are shorter than you think they should be. The National Telecommunications and Information...


What Is The Apps Act of 2013

Mobile Guidelines

What Is The Apps Act of 2013


  • Monday, October 7, 2013
  • By Adam Grant

In January 2013, the California Attorney General issued a report entitled, Privacy on the Go; Recommendations for the Mobile Ecosystem. In the very next month, the Federal Trade Commission issued its own report, Mobile Privacy Disclosures; Bui...


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