- Will Consumers' Loss Against Apple Affect Other Privacy Cases?
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 5, 2013
Apple recently scored a huge victory in court when a federal jud ...
- Commerce Department Takes On Facial Recognition
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 3, 2013
The Department of Commerce will convene industry representatives and consumer advocates ...
- Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Challenging Google's Privacy Policy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Google has defeated a class-action lawsuit challenging changes made in 2012 ...
- Supreme Court Won't Review New York's 'Amazon Tax'
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 2, 2013
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear online retailers' challenge ...
- Hotfile To Pay $80M To Settle MPAA Copyright Suit
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 3, 2013
The cyberlocker Hotfile agreed to pay $80 million to the Motion Pictu ...
- Couple Fined $3,500 By KlearGear For Bad Review Fights Back
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, December 1, 2013
When Utah couple John and Jen Palmer didn't receive an item th ...
- FTC To Examine How Stores Track Smartphone Users
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 2, 2013
Two years ago, Sen. Chuck Schumer asked the Federal Trade Commission ...
- Amazon Asks Court To Reject Watch Company's Bid To Revive Lawsuit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Amazon is asking a federal appeals court to reject watch manufacturer Mul ...
- Google's Privacy Policy Illegal, Dutch Officials Say
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 29, 2013
Google's current privacy policy, which allows the company to mesh together da ...
- iPhone Users Lose Privacy Lawsuit Against Apple
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Handing Apple a decisive victory, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit accusi ...
- GoldieBlox Takes Down Beastie Boys Parody
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 27, 2013
The GoldieBlox-Beastie Boys flare-up this week sparked much blogosphere debate about wheth ...
- FilmOn X Goes On Offensive, Sues PBS Affiliate In Illinois
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 25, 2013
FilmOn X, which recently lost battles over its streaming service in Washingto ...
- Federal Judge Finds FilmOn X In Contempt
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 26, 2013
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. found Alki David's FilmOn X ...
- Analytics Company Fined $400,000 For 'History-Sniffing' Techniques
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 22, 2013
Analytics company Dataium has agreed to pay $400,000 to New Jersey ...
- GoldieBlox Sues Beastie Boys, Argues Parody Ad Is Fair Use
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 25, 2013
A dispute between toy company GoldieBlox and the Beastie Boys has land ...
- Web Companies Slam Ruling In Libel Case Against TheDirty.com
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 21, 2013
Former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader Sarah Jones' victory over the gossip site TheDirty.c ...
- Senator Urges Commerce Dept. To Address Facial Recognition Technology
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 22, 2013
Facebook's decision to move forward with plans to draw on profile phot ...
- Online Campaign For 23andMe Violated Ad Privacy Code, BBB Says
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 20, 2013
A recent online ad campaign for the genetic testing company 23andMe didn ...
- WordPress Takes Aim At Bogus Takedown Notices
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 21, 2013
Earlier this year, student journalist Oliver Hotham posted an item to h ...
- Restaurant Owner Who Lost Fight With Yelp Ordered To Pay $220,000
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Entrepreneur James Demetriades, who unsuccessfully sued Yelp about reviews on the servic ...
- Wikipedia Rattles Sabre At WikiPR
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Escalating its fight against so-called "sockpuppetry," Wikipedia has sicced its legal te ...
- BMW, Scottrade, Volkswagen Revise Sites To Comply With Privacy Code
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 18, 2013
Car companies Volkswagen and BMW, as well as online financial company Scottrad ...
- Sports Leagues Side With Broadcasters In Aereo Battle
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 18, 2013
The NFL and MLB are asking the Supreme Court to hear ...
- FTC Names Privacy Expert As Chief Technologist
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Signaling its continuing interest in online privacy, The Federal Trade Commission h ...
- Screen Actors Guild Sides Against Amazon In Privacy Dispute
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 15, 2013
Actress Junie Hoang has garnered the support of the Screen Actors Gui ...
- Google Fined $17M By State Attorneys General For Safari Hack
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 18, 2013
Last year, Google agreed to a $22.5 million settlement with the Feder ...
- Google Wins Battle With Authors Guild Over Book-Scanning Project
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 14, 2013
Handing Google a victory in a long-running battle with the Authors Guil ...
- FCC Head Pushes Wireless Group To Endorse Cell Phone Unlocking
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 15, 2013
Consumers could soon regain the ability to legally unlock their cell phone ...
- Media Institute Backs Broadcasters Against Aereo
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Online video company Aereo "threatens the existence of the American broadcast indust ...
- New Bill Would Curb Behavioral Targeting Aimed At Teens
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 14, 2013
Lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation today that would impo ...