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Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • Germany, USA
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  • May 24 2010

Authorities in both the United States and Germany are poised to begin inquiries into Google's collection of Wi-Fi data by its Street View cars, which were deployed to take street-level photos and collect basic Wi-Fi information, such as the SSIDs and MAC addresses of WiFi routers

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 31 2010

Younger users of social networking sites, when compared to older users of those same sites, are more likely to try to limit how much information about them is made available publicly, according to a new survey released today by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 9 2010

The FTC appears to be investigating a complaint filed by Adobe in May 2010 against Apple alleging that its practice of refusing to accept third-party programming tools for the iPhone violates antitrust law

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 7 2010

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr., D-Mich., recently sent letters to Facebook, Inc. and Google, Inc. in connection with recent reports of privacy-related issues involving the two companies

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 18 2010

The FCC and FTC each recently unveiled initiatives aimed at improving privacy in the digital age, especially the privacy of children

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • South Korea, USA
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  • August 16 2010

Police in South Korea raided Google's office in Seoul to obtain data regarding StreetView as part of its investigation into whether Google unlawfully has taken and stored personal wireless data

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 25 2010

On October 19, 2010, FTC Commissioner Julie Brill revealed that the agency's upcoming report about online behavioral advertising will include suggestions for how online ad companies can better protect consumers' privacy, but will not propose new regulations or request that Congress enact new laws

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 26 2010

The FTC has announced that it will host a public roundtable on June 2, 2010, to examine whether technology changes warrant revisions to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
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  • April 5 2010

In a March 25, 2010 letter, a bi-partisan group of Members of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee urged the FTC to investigate complaints that Google inappropriately used private user information in its launch of the new Buzz service

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 26 2010

The US Department of Commerce launched an initiative last week to take a close look at how the Internet economy impacts individual privacy, with the goal of providing advice to the White House on how both the President and government policymakers can resolve privacy concerns