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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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- 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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- 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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- August 22 2011
On August 15, 2011, the FTC issued an advisory letter stating that its staff has not recommended challenging the Council of Better Business Bureaus proposed “accountability program”
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation
- Arent Fox LLP
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- China, USA
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- August 1 2011
On July 27, 2011, the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice announced that they signed an antitrust memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China’s three antitrust agencies to “promote communication and cooperation among the agencies in the two countries.”
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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- September 19 2011
On September 15, 2011, the FTC announced it is seeking public comment on proposed changes to its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule promulgated under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA
