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Arent Fox’s this week in telecom - April 29, 2013

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 29 2013

Welcome to the latest edition of Arent Fox's This Week in Telecom, our weekly newsletter designed to keep you apprised of recent developments in

Legislative outlook

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 27 2010

The House is presently scheduled to go into recess for the elections on October 1, 2010, and the Senate is scheduled to go out October 8, 2010

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • 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
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  • USA
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  • 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
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  • USA
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  • 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
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  • USA
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  • 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

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 23 2011

On May 19, 2011, David Vladeck, Director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on the privacy implications of mobile technology

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • 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
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  • USA
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  • July 18 2011

As previously reported, on July 12, 2011, the FTC and the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime held a forum titled “Stolen Futures: A Forum on Child Identity Theft.”

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and privacy regulation

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • 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