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Children's online privacy has once again risen to the top of the agenda for the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation's Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance ("Senate Commerce Subcommittee"
For the past ten years, the federal government, through the Office of Management and Budget's ("OMB") June 22, 2000 Memorandum on Privacy Policies and Data Collection on Federal Web Sites, effectively prohibited federal government sites from using cookies to collect data from visitors
Through various committees, initiatives, and caucuses, members of Congress have explored, and continue to explore, the issues that arise when conducting business in countries that censor the Internet and how best to advance privacy and free expression globally
The Federal Trade Commission ("Commission") recently announced that it will hold a series of public roundtable discussions beginning on December 7, 2009, to address developing challenges to consumer privacy created by new technology and business practices
The Federal Trade Commission ("Commission") has announced that it will hold three privacy roundtable discussions to address developing challenges to consumer privacy created by new technology and business practices
A presidential directive in 1997 instructed the U.S. Commerce Department to privatize the Internet’s domain name and addressing system (“DNS”), with the goal of increasing competition and international involvement in its management
According to the Federal Trade Commission’s ("FTC" or "Commission") semiannual regulatory agenda, the FTC, banking agencies, and the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") (collectively hereinafter "agencies") expect to act on the long-anticipated Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ("GLBA") model privacy form by summer 2009
