- Facebook Location Tracking Draws More Criticism On Capitol Hill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 18, 2019
"Turn off 'location services' and they'll still track your location to ma ...
- FTC Settles With Unroll.Me Over Privacy, Rejects EPIC's Request For Tougher Terms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The deal requires Unroll.Me, owned by Slice Technologies, to delete data abo ...
- DAA Readies California Opt-Out Tools
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Starting next month, the ad industry self-regulatory group Digital Advertising Alliance wi ...
- Right-Wing Group Backs Facebook In Facial Recognition Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 16, 2019
The influential Washington Legal Foundation is urging the Supreme Court to interve ...
- Chamber Of Commerce Seeks Delay Of California Privacy Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 16, 2019
California shouldn't enforce the state's sweeping new privacy law until January ...
- Ad Watchdog Blesses Verizon's 'First To 5G' Claim
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 13, 2019
"A small launch can support a 'first' claim," the National Advertising Divisi ...
- Tech Companies, Advocates Seek New Hearing On Net Neutrality Repeal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 13, 2019
The net neutrality repeal enables carriers to "block or throttle Internet acces ...
- Cable Providers Tell FCC To Leave Broadband Definition Unchanged
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 12, 2019
"If deployment were not occurring in a reasonable and timely fashion, the ...
- Advocates Want California To Close Loopholes In New Privacy Law
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 12, 2019
California's new privacy law is slated to take effect in just ...
- Tech Company NaviStone And Harriet Carter Gifts Can't Shake Lawsuit Over Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 11, 2019
A Pennsylvania resident can proceed with a claim that retailer Harriet Cart ...
- FTC Urged To Step Up Enforcement Of Children's Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 11, 2019
"Even when the FTC does act, it takes a long time a ...
- Watchdog Tells AT&T To Revise 5G Evolution Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 10, 2019
"The claims refer to a level of technology, 5G, which its ' ...
- Google Urges FTC To Weaken Children's Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Google argues that adults as well as children watch videos aimed ...
- Ad Industry Asks California To Scrap 'Extralegal' Do-Not-Track Mandate
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 9, 2019
The ad industry is urging California's attorney general to back away fr ...
- Court Upholds Block On Maryland Political Ad Disclosure Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 9, 2019
Maryland's "Online Electioneering and Transparency Act," which requires online news sites ...
- Cambridge Analytica Duped Facebook Users, FTC Finds
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 6, 2019
The agency ordered Cambridge Analytica, now in bankruptcy, to delete data collect ...
- Sanders Wants To Restore Net Neutrality Rules, Ban Data Caps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 6, 2019
"High-speed internet service must be treated as the new electricity -- ...
- Facebook Sues Alleged Distributor Of Ad-Serving Malware
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 5, 2019
Facebook on Thursday sued a Hong Kong company that allegedly duped w ...
- ANA Urges California To Revise Proposed Do-Not-Track Rule
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 5, 2019
A mandate to honor do-not-track signals "will harm consumers, as it cou ...
- Facebook Asks Supreme Court To Hear Biometric Privacy Fight
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Facebook is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in a class-action lawsu ...
- FTC Urged To Investigate Digital Advertising Before Revising Children's Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 5, 2019
"The FTC cannot base substantive policy decisions on the current dearth ...
- Ad Industry Unveils Wish List For Privacy Legislation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 3, 2019
The Privacy for America coalition proposes that Congress should require companies ...
- Advertisers Urge FTC Not To Broaden 'Negative Option' Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Existing regulations protect consumers "by providing them with transparency and the abili ...
- AT&T Seeks Dismissal Of Location Privacy Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 29, 2019
Wireless customers aren't entitled to a court order that would prohibit AT& ...
- NAI Issues New Guidance For Consumer Consent
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 2, 2019
Ad-tech companies that belong to the self-regulatory organization may only use sensiti ...
- Apple Defeats iTunes Privacy Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 27, 2019
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by three iTunes use ...
- Apple Faces Pushback On Capitol Hill Over Location Privacy Protections
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 27, 2019
"I'm increasingly concerned about the use of privacy as a shield f ...
- Senate Democrats Introduce Broad Privacy Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 26, 2019
A privacy bill introduced Tuesday by four Democrats on the Senate Commer ...
- Brand Safety Institute Pushes 'Standardized' Consumer Identifiers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 26, 2019
A standardized identifier can improve people's online experiences by limiting the numb ...
- Watchdogs Urge FCC To Define Broadband As 100 Mbps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 25, 2019
"After four years of maintaining the current benchmark broadband speed, the Commissi ...