- Appeals Court Sides With Embarq In Privacy Lawsuit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 31, 2012
The Internet service provider Embarq has prevailed in a long-running lawsuit accusi ...
- Apple Wins Skirmish In Apps Privacy Suit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 28, 2012
Apple has won a round in a class-action lawsuit alleging that ...
- Doctor Alleges Google's Autocomplete Defames Him
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 27, 2012
An Australian doctor has sued Google for allegedly defaming him with i ...
- Instagram Sued For New Terms Of Service
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 26, 2012
A California resident filed a complaint in federal court that Instagram, t ...
- 'Innocence Of Muslims' Actress Continues YouTube Legal Fight
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Actress Cindy Lee Garcia is asking a federal appellate court to ord ...
- Viacom, Google Sued For Violating Kids' Privacy
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 24, 2012
Viacom and Google have been hit with three potential class-action lawsuits allegi ...
- Apple Wants Privacy Suit Dismissed
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 21, 2012
Apple is asking a federal judge to dismiss a potential class-action lawsu ...
- Wyden Unveils Bill That Limits Data Caps
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 20, 2012
A lawmaker on Thursday introduced a bill that would limit Internet servi ...
- Instagram Restores Old Terms, Vows To Move Slower In Future
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 21, 2012
Instagram has decided to stick with its old terms of service aft ...
- FTC Bans Behavioral Targeting At Kids' Sites
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission has expanded children's privacy rules by prohibiting onli ...
- New Report Bashes Data Caps
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 20, 2012
In 2008, Comcast began imposing a monthly limit on the amount ...
- The FTC Asks Data Brokers How They Mine Web
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Turning its attention to data brokers, the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesd ...
- Lawmaker Praises COPPA Expansion, Bashes Behavioral Targeting
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, head of the Senate Commerce Committee, left no dou ...
- Privacy Group Asks FTC To Investigate Nickelodeon App
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 17, 2012
An app featuring Nickelodeon's SpongeBob character unlawfully collects personal data from childre ...
- User Revolt Spurs Instagram To Backtrack On New Terms Of Service
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 18, 2012
A user revolt has spurred Instagram to promise to revise a passa ...
- FTC To Tighten Children's Privacy Rules
Raw, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission plans to announce new children's privacy regulations ...
- IAB: FTC Could 'Play Scrooge' With New Privacy Regs
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 14, 2012
One day after dozens of organizations pressed the Federal Trade Commission f ...
- German Regulator Wants To Nix Facebook's Anti-Pseudonym Policies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 17, 2012
Facebook's policy of requiring users to register with their real names h ...
- Microsoft Refuses To Budge, Retains Do-Not-Track Default
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 13, 2012
Despite pushback from the ad industry, Microsoft says it has no intenti ...
- Dozens Of Groups Ask FTC To Update COPPA Regs
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 13, 2012
The American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and Consumers Union a ...
- Senate Panel Approves Location-Privacy Bill
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 14, 2012
For the second time in as many months, the Senate Judiciary Committ ...
- Facebook Tweaks Privacy Controls
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 13, 2012
Facebook rolled out some privacy features aimed at improving users' ability ...
- Gigya Rolls Out Privacy Seal For Sites With Social Log-Ins
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 13, 2012
Social networking technology firm Gigya is launching a new privacy seal ...
- Analytics Company Offers To Provide Email Addresses Of 'Anonymous' Visitors
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 13, 2012
An employee of commercial real estate firm 42floors has publicly called o ...
- Epic Promises To Destroy 'History-Sniffing' Data
MAD LA, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 12, 2012
El Segundo-based Epic Media Group has agreed to destroy all data ...
- Advocacy Group Asks FTC To Probe Virtual-Pet App
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The Center for Digital Democracy is asking the FTC to investigate wheth ...
- Privacy Policy Fail: Company Tells Users To Change IP Addresses, Stop Clicking On Ads
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 12, 2012
You'd think that a company that offers opt-out instructions in its priva ...
- Facebook Tweaks Privacy Controls
Raw, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Facebook today rolled out some privacy features aimed at improving users' abili ...
- FTC To Probe Kids' App Developers
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 10, 2012
Developers of apps aimed at children still fail to inform parents abo ...
- File-Sharer Asks Supreme Court To Hear Appeal
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Kazaa user Jammie Thomas-Rasset is asking the Supreme Court to hear h ...