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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 7 2011

On February 3, 2011, the FTC announced that it has reached tentative settlement agreements with three credit report resellers that allegedly failed to take reasonable steps to protect consumers' personal information

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 10 2011

Citing US Supreme Court precedent, the California Supreme Court has determined that police can search a mobile phone if it is found on a person who is taken into police custody

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 10 2011

On December 23, 2010, Mozilla announced that the new version of its popular web browser, Firefox, due for release in early 2011, will not include a "do-not-track" mechanism despite the FTC's recent call for the development of such an option

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

Telecom privacy news

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

On December 23, 2010, a class action lawsuit was filed against Apple and five application developers (including Pandora and the Weather Channel) alleging that the companies illegally transmitted personal information garnered from iPad and iPhone users to advertising networks for tracking purposes

FTC

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

On December 8, 2010, the US House of Representatives passed S. 3987, the Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 13 2010

Microsoft is preparing to launch a version of Internet Explorer browser that will include a feature allowing consumers to list Web sites that they do not want to track them on the Internet

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 13 2010

On December 7, 2010, the FTC released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) requesting comment on whether and how to strengthen the Caller ID provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 6 2010

During a hearing before the US House Consumer Protection Subcommittee on November 30, 2010, lawmakers debated the creation of "do-not-track" requirements designed to protect consumers who do not want their online activities monitored

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 22 2010

An assistant professor at New York University wants to implant a camera in the back of his head for an art project, The Wall Street Journal reports

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