- Companies Can't Use Pre-Checked Boxes To Obtain Consent For Cookies, EU Court Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Europe's highest court ruled Tuesday that companies can only track users w ...
- Court Urged To Reject White House Bid For New Hearing Over Twitter Blocks
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 30, 2019
A federal appellate court should leave in place a recent ruling ...
- Lawmakers Question Google Over Encryption Plans
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 30, 2019
The House Judiciary Committee recently sent a 17-page letter to Google th ...
- Locast Strikes Back At Broadcasters, Brings Antitrust Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 27, 2019
Broadcast networks have conspired to "fleece" the public by transmitting over-the-air signa ...
- Vimeo Hit With Biometric Privacy Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 27, 2019
An Illinois resident says Vimeo's newly acquired Magisto app violates a sta ...
- Judge Won't Order Facebook To Allow Stackla Access To Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 26, 2019
Stackla sued Facebook last week for allegedly terminating its access based ...
- Advocates Seek To Toughen California Privacy Law
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 26, 2019
Real estate developer Alastair Mactaggart has unveiled a new ballot initiative th ...
- Match.com Duped Subscribers, Exposed Them To Scammers, FTC Alleges
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Between 2013 and mid-2018, up to 30% of people who registered ...
- Ad Industry Urges California Governor To Veto Data Broker Bill
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 25, 2019
A new California law that would require data brokers to register wi ...
- Google Not Required To Censor Search Results Worldwide, EU Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 24, 2019
In a victory for Google, Europe's highest court has ruled that t ...
- Authors Guild Sides With Publishers In Battle Over Audible's Captioning Service
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 24, 2019
"Authors and their agents will bear the loss of a valuable rig ...
- Google To Refine Privacy Settings For Voice Assistant
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 23, 2019
Two months after it emerged that Google's voice assistant sent some user ...
- FTC May Loosen Children's Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 23, 2019
An FTC official suggested the agency is considering changing children's privacy rul ...
- Facebook Sued For Terminating Marketing Platform's Access
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 20, 2019
Marketing platform Stackla alleges its data access was shut down due ...
- Ad Watchdog Says Cox Should Revise Ads For Broadband
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 20, 2019
Cox Communications should stop boasting in ads that it "offers Gig spe ...
- Facebook Suspends 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Apps Over Data Concerns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, September 22, 2019
Facebook said Friday it has suspended "tens of thousands" of apps ...
- AT&T Asks Judge To Send Location Privacy Suit To Arbitration
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 19, 2019
AT&T is asking a court to compel arbitration of privacy claims broug ...
- IAB Tech Lab Fleshes Out Plan To Target People Without Cookies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 19, 2019
The IAB Tech Lab wants to move from a system that reli ...
- Walgreens Agrees To Settle Lawsuit Over Search Ad Restrictions
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 18, 2019
The settlement will resolve allegations that Walgreens violated antitrust law by enteri ...
- Silicon Valley Launches Campaign To Quash State Privacy Laws
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 18, 2019
The Internet Association's campaign is now running on radio and Twitter, a ...
- Companies Using Anti-Malware 'Seal' Mostly Scan Assets Before Campaigns Launch
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 19, 2019
Most companies certified by the Trustworthy Accountability Group's anti-malware program scan campai ...
- Chamber Of Commerce Backs Facebook In Fight Over Facial Recognition
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 17, 2019
A recent court decision against Facebook will result in "devastating harm f ...
- Facebook Urges Judge To Dismiss Russian 'News' Company's Censorship Claims -- Again
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 17, 2019
The Russian company Federal Agency of News has no grounds to revi ...
- California Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring 'Data Brokers' To Register
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 16, 2019
California lawmakers on Friday passed a law that could require online ...
- Amazon Wants Privacy Battle Over Voiceprints Sent To Arbitration
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 16, 2019
"The plaintiffs' parents in this suit, who signed up for and th ...
- Audible Asks Court To Throw Out Lawsuit Over Book Captions
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 13, 2019
"Audible Captions is a quintessential fair use," the company says in pape ...
- Contact Lens Retailer 'Coerced' Rivals To Restrict Search Ads, Law Professors Tell Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 13, 2019
1-800 Contacts "coerced its competitors to sign agreements that reached far beyo ...
- Anti-Malware Company Must Face Suit For Blocking 'SpyHunter,' Court Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 12, 2019
A federal appellate panel ruled that Enigma Software can proceed with clai ...
- Republican Senators Take Aim At Facebook's Fact Checkers
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 12, 2019
Senator Josh Hawley is among the loudest voices complaining that tech compani ...
- Amazon Sues Over Email Scams
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against dozens of affiliate marketers for alleged ...