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Arent Fox LLP | USA | 6 Feb 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.”
Arent Fox LLP | European Union, USA | 30 Jan 2012
On January 25, 2012, the European Commission (EC) proposed comprehensive reform to the European Union (EU) 1995 data protection rules.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 16 Jan 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”.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 5 Dec 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.
Arent Fox LLP | European Union, USA | 14 Nov 2011
On November 8, 2011, the FTC announced its settlement with the operator of Skid-e-kids, LLC, a social networking site that advertises itself as the “Facebook and Myspace for Kids,” on charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rules.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 7 Nov 2011
Comments on proposed changes to the FTC Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule are due November 28, 2011.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 31 Oct 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.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 10 Oct 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.”
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 3 Oct 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.
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 26 Sep 2011
The FTC will host an open workshop on December 8, 2011, exploring the privacy and security implications raised by the increasing use of facial recognition technology.