NIST issues draft RFI for cybersecurity framework *

USA - February 20 2013
Following up on the President's February 12, 2013 Executive Order on Cybersecurity and the related Presidential Policy Directive, discussed in our…

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Executive order and policy directive promotes cybersecurity cooperation and intelligence sharing *

USA - February 14 2013
On February 12, 2012, President Obama signed an Executive Order as well as a complementary Presidential Policy Directive intended to improve the flow…

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The FTC and California’s Attorney General recommend detailed new privacy practices and disclosures for entities operating in the mobile environment *

USA - February 8 2013
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and California Attorney General's office each recently issued detailed guidance for providers of mobile platforms…

Co-authors: K.C. Halm.

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FTC again challenges kids' mobile app data collection and disclosure practices *

USA - December 13 2012
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released on December 10, 2012, its second staff report on disclosures for mobile apps targeted at children, building on its prior report issued 10 months earlier. 

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FTC settlement embodies first agency action against browser history sniffing *

USA - December 6 2012
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposed settlement of allegations that online advertising company Epic Marketplace, Inc. and its affiliate Epic Media Group (“Epic”) engaged in deceptive practices by failing to accurately describe their online advertising data practices.

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