We use cookies to customise content for your subscription and for analytics.
If you continue to browse Lexology, we will assume that you are happy to receive all our cookies. For further information please read our Cookie Policy.
Lexology logo






  Request new password

Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 1-10 of 44

NY legislator introduces Online Consumer Protection Act

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 17 2009

In the state of New York, Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky introduced on January 7, 2009, the “Online Consumer Protection Act” (the “bill” or the “Act”), which would permit consumers to elect not to have their data collected online for use to deliver relevant ads to them

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

Developments in online privacy

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

Congress has begun considering issues that implicate online privacy

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

Senate Commerce Committee considers post-transaction marketing practices

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2009

On November 17, 2009, Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) convened the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation ("Senate Commerce Committee") to hold a hearing to examine the impact that "post-transaction marketing" and related "data pass" practices have on consumers

Federal Trade Commission COPPA enforcement action

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2009

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (“Iconix”) has entered into a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”) over charges that the company violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (the “Rule”), and the Federal Trade Commission Act

Federal Communications Commission proposes rules to preserve an “open Internet”

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2009

The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") is seeking to codify four Internet policy principles issued four years ago through the Commission’s Internet Policy Statement

House Energy and Commerce Committee holds a joint subcommittee hearing on privacy

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2009

On November 19, 2009, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, along with the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, held a joint hearing on the offline and online collection and commercial use of consumer information

Federal Trade Commission to hold December roundtable discussion on privacy

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2009

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

Food and Drug Administration holds hearing on online medical products advertising

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2009

On November 12-13, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) held a public hearing titled “Promotion of FDA-Regulated Medical Products Using the Internet and Social Media Tools.”

Current Search

Suggested Facets

Author

Jurisdiction

Workarea

© Copyright 2006-2013 Globe Business Publishing Ltd | Cookies | Disclaimer | Privacy policy