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Mobile marketing draws attention of policymakers and regulators

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 31 2009

Interest in mobile marketing issues has lately been high in Congress and the agencies

FTC expected to act on new model privacy notice for GLBA

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 31 2009

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

Comments due to FCC on national broadband plan

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 31 2009

On April 8, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") released a Notice of Inquiry regarding a national broadband plan

FTC releases Red Flags Rule compliance tool

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 31 2009

On May 13, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") released a tool designed to help businesses with a low risk of identity theft to comply with the Red Flags Rule

FTC issues proposed rule on health data breach notification

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 31 2009

As required by the federal economic stimulus legislation, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has issued a proposed rule requiring notification for security breaches of health data

NTIA requests comments on expiration of joint project agreement with ICANN

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • May 31 2009

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

Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general continue to examine blogs

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2009

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and state law enforcement agencies are closely scrutinizing the practice of using fake blogs or "flogs" to generate interest in an advertiser’s products and services

Federal Trade Commission reopens comment period on negative option rule

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2009

In August 2009, the Commission announced that it had reopened the public comment period for the review of its Rule Concerning the Use of Prenotification Negative Option Plans ("Rule"

Federal Trade Commission announces increased fees to access Do Not Call Registry

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2009

Effective October 1, 2009, fees for telemarketers to access phone numbers registered in the National Do Not Call Registry ("Registry") will increase

Ban of prerecorded messages goes into effect

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2009

As of September 1, 2009, marketers are now prohibited from delivering prerecorded messages that include a telemarketing message without the called party’s prior written agreement