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Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • China
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  • July 12 2010

Following its recent decision to stop automatically redirecting Chinese users to the uncensored version of its site in Hong Kong, Google announced on Friday that its license to operate in China has been renewed

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • 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

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2010

The FTC has reached an agreement with women's clothing retailer Talbots and its California telemarketing company to settle charges that the two companies used prerecorded marketing "robocalls" that failed to give consumers proper notice of their right to opt out of receiving such calls

Legislative outlook

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 3 2010

On April 27, 2010, the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship held a hearing titled “Connecting Main Street to the World: Federal Efforts to Expand Small Business Internet Access.”

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2010

On May 6, 2010, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced a "Third Way" approach to regulating broadband transmission facilities

Legislative outlook

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • 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

Broadband news

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

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski issued several remarks last week on topics related to the National Broadband Plan

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2011

On December 21, 2010, Gallup and USA Today released a new poll indicating that nearly 67 of U.S. Internet users would welcome a “Do-Not-Track” mechanism to limit the ability of advertisers to track their movements online

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2010

The FTC announced that the deadline for its decision on whether to oppose the merger of Google and AdMob Inc. has been extended by two weeks to May 24, 2010

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 23 2011

On May 18, 2011, Sen. John "Jay" Rockefeller IV, Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, sent letters to Apple, Google, and the Association for Competitive Technology asking whether applications running on their mobile platforms comply with COPPA