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The secrets your refrigerator could tell

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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April 20 2013

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments on the risks posed to consumers' privacy and security by the increasing ability of commonly used

FTC proposes privacy guidelines for mobile app ecosystem

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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February 14 2013

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission published a Staff Report, "Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency," which proposes

Court upholds FCC’s data roaming rule

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 29 2012

The D.C. Circuit has held, in Cellco Partnership v. Federal Communications Commission, that the FCC can require wireless carriers to allow data roaming on

FTC puts app makers in COPPA crosshairs

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 22 2012

Just days before issuing its amended COPPA rule, the FTC published its second survey of mobile apps for children, in which it examined the privacy

Privacy: there’d better be an app for That

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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December 22 2012

App makers who did not heed California Attorney General Kamala Harris's warning that they needed to have a privacy policy accessible from the app should

Court allows privacy suit to proceed against app maker

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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November 3 2012

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a mixed decision on an app maker’s motion to dismiss federal and state claims arising from its collection of personal information

Court drops call on communications privacy

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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October 27 2012

The Supreme Court of Arkansas has held in Gulley v. State of Arkansas that police do not need a warrant to obtain the content of text messages, and that a mere subpoena will suffice

Sixth Circuit okays warrantless tracking of cell phones

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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September 8 2012

Police do not need a warrant to obtain GPS, cell-site, or “ping” location data for mobile phones, according to a recent decision by the Sixth Circuit

Government requests for cell phone data on the rise

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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July 21 2012

Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in the United States made over 1.3 million requests for consumer cell phone records in 2011 alone, according to reports from the country’s major wireless carriers

Apple mostly wins In mobile tracking suit

Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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USA
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June 23 2012

A federal district court in California rejected most claims against Apple, Inc., and other mobile industry defendants over their alleged data collection and mobile tracking practices