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PCI issues E-Commerce Guidelines

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 1 2013

The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council released new guidelines that serve as a supplement to the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI

FTC tech blog suggests solution for plug-in COPPA compliance

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2013

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Tech Blog recently commented on potential steps that website operators could take to facilitate compliance with

Data broker Spokeo settles with FTC over alleged FCRA violations

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 9 2012

Spokeo, Inc., a data broker that compiles and sells consumer profiles, has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC

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
  • -
  • August 23 2010

A South Carolina court of appeals has held that a defendant's unauthorized access of e-mails on a Yahoo! account server violated the Stored Communications Act (SCA

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2010

Australian Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis has concluded that Google's efforts to improve its location-based services through the collection of Wi-Fi information "would have breached the Australian Privacy Act."

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 21 2011

On February 11, 2011, Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Cal., introduced HR 654, the Do Not Track Me Online Act of 2011, which calls upon the FTC to promulgate regulations requiring that covered entities defined as companies engaged in interstate commerce that collect or store online data allow consumers to opt out of online tracking

Netflix settles class action suit that alleges violation of privacy policy

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 30 2010

Netflix, Inc., which bills itself as the world’s largest online movie rental business, launched its Netflix Prize contest in October 2006

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2011

On March 25, 2011, the FTC finalized a settlement with online data broker US Search on charges that it made false claims that it could "lock" consumers' records so that third parties could not see them

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 27 2012

On August 6, 2012, the FTC published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comment in the Federal Register regarding further modifications to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule