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FTC and Spokeo settle Fair Credit Reporting Act allegations
- Venable LLP
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- USA
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- August 3 2012
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) settled allegations against consumer data provider Spokeo in what the agency described as its first case on the sale of Internet and social media data in the employment screening context
Congress and the states consider legislation on employer access to social media accounts
- Venable LLP
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- USA
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- August 3 2012
Lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives have introduced legislation (S. 3074, H.R. 5684) that would amend the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to make it a federal crime, punishable by fines, for employers to knowingly and intentionally “compel or coerce” a person to authorize access (such as by providing a password) to a computer that is not the employer’s computer, for hiring, promotion or firing purposes, and thereby to obtain information from the computer
Industry launches self-regulatory program for online behavioral advertising
- Venable LLP
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- USA
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- November 19 2010
On October 4, 2010, leading marketing and advertising trade associations launched a robust self-regulatory program for online behavioral advertising
