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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
  • -
  • July 26 2010

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is leading efforts by 39 states to investigate Google's collection of WiFi data via its StreetView software

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2011

On March 15, 2011, the FTC announced that Legacy Learning Systems Inc. and its owner will pay $250,000 to settle charges that it deceptively advertised its products by failing to adequately monitor the online advertising practices of its hired third-party marketers

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 31 2010

On February 24, 2010, the FTC issued a report on the Top Consumer Complaints of 2009

Legislative outlook

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2010

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Cal., outgoing Chair of the House Commerce Committee, released a statement giving the FCC and Chairman Genachowski “enormous credit” for adopting the Open Internet Order

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 1 2010

According to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Google violated Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act by collecting personal information from publicly accessible, unsecured wireless networks with its camera cars

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2010

The US Department of Commerce launched an initiative last week to take a close look at how the Internet economy impacts individual privacy, with the goal of providing advice to the White House on how both the President and government policymakers can resolve privacy concerns

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 8 2010

Facebook has reported its discovery that a data broker has been paying application developers to identify user information, and the company has placed some developers on a six-month suspension from its site because of the practice

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • China, Hong Kong
  • -
  • July 5 2010

Google, Inc., plans to cease its recently adopted practice of automatically redirecting users of its Chinese search engine, Google.cn, to Google’s Hong Kong search engine, Google.com.hk, a site that permits unfiltered searches

Broadband

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • France, USA
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  • December 17 2010

The dispute between Comcast and Level 3 continues, with both companies having met repeatedly with the FCC to discuss their side of the issue over the past weeks