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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 13 2012

On February 8, 2012, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed suit against the FTC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia regarding Google’s plans to make changes in its terms of service that will combine the privacy policies and user data from over 60 different Google products and services

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 6 2012

In response to Google’s recent announcement that it will combine the privacy policies and data from over 60 different Google products and services, eight members of Congress wrote to Google asking it to explain the “steps that are being taken to ensure the protection of consumers’ privacy rights.”

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • January 30 2012

On January 25, 2012, the European Commission (EC) proposed comprehensive reform to the European Union (EU) 1995 data protection rules

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 23 2012

The FTC is seeking public comment on issues raised at a December 2011 workshop on the privacy and security implications raised by facial recognition technology

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2012

On January 12, 2012, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a letter with the FTC asking it to investigate recent changes to Google Search, called Google “Search Plus”

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 9 2012

The FTC is seeking public comment on issues raised at a December 2011 workshop on the privacy and security implications raised by facial recognition technology

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2012

On December 30, 2011, the FTC sent its biennial report to Congress on the Do Not Call rules, as required by the Do Not Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 26 2011

On December 12, 2011, the FTC, through the Department of Justice, filed a complaint against a group of companies that allegedly made illegal robocalls, called phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, and masked Caller ID information, all in violation of the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 19 2011

The FTC is investigating allegations that monitoring software developed by Carrier IQ and found on about 140 million smartphones has been collecting and transmitting data to carriers without the consumers’ knowledge

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 12 2011

On November 30, 2011, the FTC issued the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2011