- IAB Europe Hit With GDPR Complaint By Privacy Advocate
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 3, 2019
"Consent walls are prohibited by the GDPR," attorneys for Johnny Ryan, chi ...
- Democrats Question FCC About 'Serious Inaccuracies' In Broadband Report
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 3, 2019
"Given the importance of the report to policies pursued by the Commissio ...
- YouTube Defeats Lawsuit Over Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 2, 2019
A federal judge has dismissed a class-action complaint alleging that YouTube violat ...
- FTC Warns Jewelry Sellers Over Social Media Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 2, 2019
"Several Instagram and Twitter advertisements depict or reference diamond jewelry without clear ...
- Proposed Change To California Privacy Law Would Encourage 'Frivolous' Suits, Ad Groups Argue
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 2, 2019
The ad industry is urging a California lawmaker to retreat from h ...
- Bose Can't Shake Lawsuit Over Data Sharing
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 1, 2019
An Illinois resident can proceed with a class-action complaint alleging that Bo ...
- Uber, Nielsen And Others Urge Supreme Court To Nix Citizenship Question
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 1, 2019
"All available evidence confirms that the citizenship question will impair the accura ...
- FTC Unable To Enforce Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 1, 2019
The FTC isn't legally empowered to enforce the former net neutrality rule ...
- HUD Investigating Google And Twitter Ad Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 29, 2019
Facebook isn't the only tech company facing governmental scrutiny over potentially illeg ...
- Advertisers Press Claims Against Facebook Over 'Potential Reach' Metrics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 29, 2019
Facebook has inflated its "core metric," a group of advertisers says ...
- HUD Sues Facebook Over Targeted Housing Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 28, 2019
The charges come one week after Facebook agreed to settle civil righ ...
- Grindr Prevails In Battle Over Online Harassment
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 28, 2019
Dating app Grindr isn't responsible for activity by its users, a feder ...
- Carriers Urge FCC To Let Stand Ruling That Allows Text Blocking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 27, 2019
The ruling, approved 3-1, exempts text messaging from common carrier rules. ...
- Facebook, Google And Apple Seek Dismissal Of Lawsuit Over Location Tracking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 27, 2019
"Apple never represented that it could prevent Facebook from collecting location da ...
- Broadband Provider Charter Sued By Record Labels Over Piracy By Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 26, 2019
"Charter deliberately turned a blind eye to its subscribers' infringement," a coaliti ...
- FTC Launches Broadband Privacy Investigation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 26, 2019
The FTC has ordered AT&T, Comcast, Google Fiber, T-Mobile and Verizon ...
- Judges Consider Whether Trump Can Block Twitter Critics
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 26, 2019
President Trump doesn't violate the First Amendment when he blocks critics ...
- Google's $11 Million AdSense Settlement Gains Final Approval
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 25, 2019
The deal calls for Google to pay $8 million to publishers th ...
- Supreme Court Clears Way For Data Breach Suit Against Zappos
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 25, 2019
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Zappos's request to review a low ...
- Facebook Emails Raise New Questions Over Cambridge Analytica
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 22, 2019
Facebook may have known as early as September 2015 that Cambridge Analyti ...
- Netflix Asks Judge To Throw Out Lawsuit Over 'Bandersnatch'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 22, 2019
"There is no plausible case of consumer confusion," Netflix argues in cou ...
- Verizon Told To Revise 'First To 5G' Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 21, 2019
Verizon's ad campaign gives the impression that the company "has achieved t ...
- FTC Plans To Investigate Big Tech Over Privacy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 21, 2019
Facebook, Google and other tech giants may soon have to disclose otherwi ...
- Opt-In Privacy System Could Benefit Large Companies, FTC Chairman Suggests
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 20, 2019
"We're starting to see research and empirical economics analysis that suggests tha ...
- Supreme Court Orders New Look At Google Privacy Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 20, 2019
The Supreme Court Wednesday sent a long-running privacy class-action against Google ba ...
- Rep. Nunes Sues Twitter And Parodists Over Mocking Tweets
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Twitter "allows its platform to serve as a portal of defamation ...
- ANA Launches Trust Consortium
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 19, 2019
The Association of National Advertisers has launched a new "Trust Consortium" aim ...
- ANA Wants Privacy Regime That Bans Some Practices, Allows Opt-Outs For Targeted Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 19, 2019
The Association of National Advertisers plans to seek federal privacy legislation th ...
- Facebook Curbs Ad Targeting To Settle Civil Rights Lawsuits
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Facebook will prohibit advertisers of housing, employment or credit offers from targeti ...
- Microsoft Challenges FCC Broadband Report
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 18, 2019
The FCC relied on data that "appears to overstate the extent ...