Year in Review Column,
Civil Litigation,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights
Nov. 29, 2017
Anonymity is as fragile as a glass door
New industries often lead to new legal issues, and the anonymous internet review industry represented by Glassdoor and Yelp was no exception in 2017.
Andres Hurwitz
Partner
Andres is a litigator with a specialty in privacy issues and the leader of the firm's Data Security & Privacy Team. He is a certified information privacy professional.
Debra Garfinkle
Associate
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Email: dgarfinkle@aalrr.com
Debra practices employment and appellate law.
2017 IN REVIEW
Many of us will not apply for a job or dine at a new restaurant without first reading the reviews on Glassdoor.com or Yelp.com. Glassdoor claims to have accumulated 41 million unique users since its founding; Yelp claims to attract over 142 million visitors per month. Yet both companies are relatively young. If they were people, they'd be highly opinionated middle school children.
New industri...
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