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FTC updates COPPA Rule
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- February 4 2013
Following a multi-year review that began in 2010, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has released its updated Children's Online Privacy Protection
Congress and the states consider legislation on employer access to social media accounts
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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
Senate Commerce ponders self-regulation
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- USA
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- August 3 2012
Under the Chairmanship of Sen. Rockefeller (D-WV), the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (the “Committee”) continues to examine issues of data privacy and consumer protection
State attorneys general to examine privacy
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- USA
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- August 3 2012
In June, Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler was elected president of the National Association of Attorneys General (“NAAG”) and announced that his year-long presidential initiative will focus on “Privacy in the Digital Age.”
FTC requests further comment on its COPPA rule
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- USA
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- August 3 2012
On August 1, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued its supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) in connection with its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA Rule”) review
FTC and Spokeo settle Fair Credit Reporting Act allegations
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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 passes the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act
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- USA
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- January 24 2011
In a move to combat allegedly deceptive online sales tactics that result in recurring charges for consumers for membership clubs until cancelled by consumers, Congress passed the "Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act."
Department of Commerce issues green paper concerning commercial data privacy
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- USA
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- January 24 2011
The Internet Policy Task Force ("Task Force") of the Department of Commerce ("DOC") issued its green paper on commercial data privacy, entitled "Commercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy Framework" on December 16, 2010
Federal Trade Commission Report on Privacy
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- USA
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- December 7 2010
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") issued its much anticipated privacy report on December 1, 2010
Industry launches self-regulatory program for online behavioral advertising
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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
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