Arent Fox LLP | USA | 21 Oct 2013
The next Open Meeting of the FCC will be held October 28, 2013. The Final Agenda contains three items: the Rural Call Completion Report and Order and…
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 9 Sep 2013
Welcome to the latest edition of Arent Fox's This Week in Telecom, our weekly newsletter designed to keep you apprised of recent developments in…
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 22 Jul 2013
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Announcements The next meeting of the Consumer Advisory Committee will be August 2, 2013, 9:00 am to 4:00…
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 7 Feb 2011
On February 3, 2011, the FTC announced that it has reached tentative settlement agreements with three credit report resellers that allegedly failed to take reasonable steps to protect consumers' personal information.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 10 Jan 2011
On December 23, 2010, Mozilla announced that the new version of its popular web browser, Firefox, due for release in early 2011, will not include a "do-not-track" mechanism despite the FTC's recent call for the development of such an option.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 10 Jan 2011
Citing US Supreme Court precedent, the California Supreme Court has determined that police can search a mobile phone if it is found on a person who is taken into police custody.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 3 Jan 2011
On December 23, 2010, a class action lawsuit was filed against Apple and five application developers (including Pandora and the Weather Channel) alleging that the companies illegally transmitted personal information garnered from iPad and iPhone users to advertising networks for tracking purposes.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 3 Jan 2011
On December 21, 2010, Gallup and USA Today released a new poll indicating that nearly 67% of U.S. Internet users would welcome a “Do-Not-Track” mechanism to limit the ability of advertisers to track their movements online.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 17 Dec 2010
On December 8, 2010, the US House of Representatives passed S. 3987, the Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 13 Dec 2010
On December 7, 2010, the FTC released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) requesting comment on whether and how to strengthen the Caller ID provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule.