- 'History-Sniffing' Lawsuit Against Interclick Withdrawn
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 29, 2012
A consumer who sued Yahoo's Interclick ad network for allegedly using "history-sniffin ...
- Rockefeller Challenges Ad Industry About Online Data Collection
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 28, 2012
Web companies should be able to collect data from Web users, ev ...
- Sponsored Stories Settlement Faces Challenge
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 29, 2012
Some Facebook users are asking a judge to put the kibosh ...
- Judge Greenlights Twitter's Spam Lawsuit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 27, 2012
In a victory for Twitter, a federal judge has ruled that t ...
- Supreme Court Decision Could Boost Consumers In Privacy Lawsuits
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 28, 2012
Health care wasn't the only issue decided by the Supreme Court toda ...
- Wide Open West Argues Subscribers Consented To Ad Platform
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Broadband subscribers consented to participate in trials of a controversial behavioral targeti ...
- Privacy Group Asks FTC To Probe Facebook's Email Switcheroo
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Facebook's email move shows that the company "still believes that it c ...
- Judge Sides Against Netflix In Closed-Captioning Case
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 25, 2012
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Netfl ...
- Orbitz Asks: Are You A Mac Or A PC?
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 26, 2012
If you visit Orbitz.com and search for hotels, the offers you're sho ...
- Cybersitter Sues For Trademark Infringement On AdWords
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 22, 2012
Cybersitter, a company that sells software to block adult content, has su ...
- Facebook's Latest Trick: Replacing Users' Email Addresses
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 25, 2012
In the latest in a long string of questionable moves, Facebook h ...
- 'Shine The Light' Lawsuit Against 'Men's Journal' Dismissed
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 21, 2012
Handing "Men's Journal" a victory, a federal judge has dismissed a W ...
- Facebook Requires App Developers To Post Privacy Policies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 22, 2012
Facebook has agreed to require developers to post links to privacy polici ...
- Advocates Seek FTC Probe Of Children's Claritin Campaign
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A coalition of public interest groups said on Wednesday that Merck's campai ...
- FTC's Rosch Criticizes Microsoft's Do-Not-Track Default
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A Federal Trade Commission member is taking issue with Microsoft's plan ...
- Facebook To Donate $10M To Groups, $10M To Attorneys, But Nothing To Users, In Sponsored Stories Settlement
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 21, 2012
Earlier this week, it emerged that Facebook agreed to give users mo ...
- Lawmakers To W3C: Do-Not-Track Means Do-Not-Collect
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Two lawmakers are asking the Internet standards group World Wide Web Consorti ...
- The Oatmeal, FunnyJunk Lawyer Ratchet Up Hostilities
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A feud between humor site FunnyJunk and online comic strip creator Matth ...
- Facebook To Give Users More Control Over 'Sponsored Stories'
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 18, 2012
Facebook has agreed to give users more control over how their nam ...
- TRUSTe Pans Microsoft's Do-Not-Track Proposal
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Privacy company TRUSTe has weighed in against Microsoft's plan to turn ...
- Commerce Department Tackles Mobile Privacy
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 15, 2012
The Commerce Department will convene a broad array of online companies a ...
- Internet Archive Joins Fight Against New Washington Sex-Trafficking Law
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 18, 2012
Two years ago Craigslist decided to shutter its controversial adult services listin ...
- NAD Tells Comcast To Revise Xfinity Ads
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 14, 2012
Siding with Verizon, the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bure ...
- Google On Authors Suit: Don't Decide Fair Use With Class Action
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 15, 2012
Google's long-running battle with the Authors Guild took another turn this wee ...
- Judge Narrows Privacy Lawsuit Against Apple
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 13, 2012
A federal judge rejected the company's motion to dismiss a class-action priva ...
- Appeals Court Considers File-Sharer's Case
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 14, 2012
Attorneys for file-sharer Jammie Thomas-Rasset seemingly won a major victory against t ...
- Spokeo Settles With FTC For Selling Info
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Online data broker Spokeo agreed to pay $800,000 to settle charges th ...
- Watchdogs Cheer DOJ Probe Of Comcast Data Caps
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Comcast recently said it would allow Xfinity subscribers to stream shows ...
- Appeals Court May Revisit Pro-Veoh Copyright Ruling
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 11, 2012
A recent ruling against YouTube might benefit Universal Music Group in i ...
- Upcoming Supreme Court Decision Could Boost Hulu In Privacy Lawsuit
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 12, 2012
It might sound unlikely, but a pending Supreme Court case stemming fr ...