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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation
- Arent Fox LLP
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- USA
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- February 6 2012
In response to Google’s recent announcement that it will combine the privacy policies and data from over 60 different Google products and services, eight members of Congress wrote to Google asking it to explain the “steps that are being taken to ensure the protection of consumers’ privacy rights.”
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation
- Arent Fox LLP
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- European Union, USA
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- January 30 2012
On January 25, 2012, the European Commission (EC) proposed comprehensive reform to the European Union (EU) 1995 data protection rules
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation
- Arent Fox LLP
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- USA
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- January 16 2012
On January 12, 2012, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a letter with the FTC asking it to investigate recent changes to Google Search, called Google “Search Plus”
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation
- Arent Fox LLP
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- USA
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- December 5 2011
On November 29, 2011, the FTC announced that Facebook has agreed to settle charges that it deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their Facebook profile information private, but repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation
- Arent Fox LLP
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- European Union, USA
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- November 14 2011
On November 8, 2011, the FTC announced its settlement with the operator of Skid-e-kids, LLC, a social networking site that advertises itself as the “Facebook and Myspace for Kids,” on charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rules
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation
- Arent Fox LLP
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- USA
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- November 7 2011
Comments on proposed changes to the FTC Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule are due November 28, 2011
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation
- Arent Fox LLP
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- USA
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- October 31 2011
On October 25, 2011, the FTC finalized settlements with the marketers of two smartphone applications, AcneApp and Acne Pwner, that claimed the apps cure acne
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation
- Arent Fox LLP
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- USA
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- October 10 2011
September 21, 2011, the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a request for information about the “requirements of, and possible approaches to creating, a voluntary industry code of conduct to address the detection, notification and mitigation of botnets.”
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation
- Arent Fox LLP
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- USA
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- October 3 2011
On September 28, 2011, Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Tex., jointly sent a letter to the FTC requesting that it investigate Facebook's practice of recording information about websites visited by users after they log out of Facebook
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation
- Arent Fox LLP
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- USA
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- September 26 2011
The FTC will host an open workshop on December 8, 2011, exploring the privacy and security implications raised by the increasing use of facial recognition technology
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- Workarea - Internet
- Author - Stephanie A. Joyce
- Author - Alan G. Fishel
- Author - Jason A. Koslofsky
- Jurisdiction - USA