- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Instagram Flips Page On Flap
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Karl Greenberg - Thursday, December 20, 2012
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom has come to the fore to talk abo ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Senate Group Supports Location Privacy Bill
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, December 14, 2012
Sure to make some mobile marketers uneasy, the Senate Judiciary Committee th ...
- 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 ...
- UK Government To Redraft Communications Data Bill
Around the Net In OMD Europe, Nina Lentini - Tuesday, December 11, 2012
No 10 says the PM remains committed to giving police and securi ...
- 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 ...
- FTC: 'Little Progress' On Mobile Privacy For Kids
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Tuesday, December 11, 2012
As the digital candy shelves get increasingly crowded, the Federal Trade Commissi ...
- Calif A.G. Says Delta App Violates Privacy Law
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 7, 2012
California Attorney General Kamala Harris has sued Delta Air Lines for faili ...
- Tech Companies Continue To Make Privacy Missteps
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 10, 2012
Companies have moved very quickly to develop mobile apps. But when ...
- Facebook Will End User Voting
Raw, Mark Walsh - Monday, December 10, 2012
Facebook’s brief experiment with democracy is over. The company closed voting ...
- Millennial Media Taps TRUSTe To Power Targeting Opt-Outs
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 6, 2012
Mobile ad network Millennial Media will begin allowing iPhone, iPad and Andro ...
- Epic Promises To Destroy 'History-Sniffing' Data
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Epic Media Group has agreed to destroy all data it collected v ...
- Most Adults Don't Want Marketers To Collect Data From Children
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 6, 2012
Eight out of 10 adults say advertisers shouldn't collect information about children ...
- Professor: Do-Not-Track Won't Work Without New Laws
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 6, 2012
The online ad industry's attempts to come up with a new do-not-tra ...
- Facebook Facing Suit Over Privacy Concerns
Around the Net In OMD Europe, Nina Lentini - Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A group of Austrian students who accuse Facebook of violating Europe's Da ...
- Vibrant Seeks Dismissal Of Safari-Hack Lawsuit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 3, 2012
Arguing that consumers weren't injured "in any legally recognizable way," Vibrant Med ...
- Verizon Wants To Watch You When You Watch TV
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Pushing the envelope on privacy, Verizon is trying to patent a n ...