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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2010

FTC Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour stated that Google, Facebook, and other major U.S. companies need to “step up” their privacy protection efforts or face tougher penalties from the FTC

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 23 2010

A South Carolina court of appeals has held that a defendant's unauthorized access of e-mails on a Yahoo! account server violated the Stored Communications Act (SCA

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2010

Australian Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis has concluded that Google's efforts to improve its location-based services through the collection of Wi-Fi information "would have breached the Australian Privacy Act."

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 21 2011

On February 11, 2011, Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Cal., introduced HR 654, the Do Not Track Me Online Act of 2011, which calls upon the FTC to promulgate regulations requiring that covered entities defined as companies engaged in interstate commerce that collect or store online data allow consumers to opt out of online tracking

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2011

On March 25, 2011, the FTC finalized a settlement with online data broker US Search on charges that it made false claims that it could "lock" consumers' records so that third parties could not see them

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 27 2012

On August 6, 2012, the FTC published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comment in the Federal Register regarding further modifications to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2012

Following a public comment period, the FTC has finalized the terms of a settlement with Myspace

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 21 2011

A lawsuit filed in the federal court for the Eastern District of Texas earlier this month alleges that Google's Gmail service violates users' privacy by reviewing the contents of each e-mail and using that information for purposes of targeting advertisements

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • November 15 2010

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau announced last week that it is investigating Google, Inc., regarding the collection of data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks by its Street View vehicles

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 13 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

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