- 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 ...
- 'New York Times' Not Entitled To Information About Net Neutrality Commenters, FCC Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 18, 2019
The FCC says the data sought by the "Times" -- including ...
- New Bill Would Restrict Commercial Use Of Facial Recognition
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 15, 2019
The Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act would require companies to obtain people ...
- Vermont Holds Off Enforcing Net Neutrality Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 15, 2019
Faced with litigation by the broadband industry, Vermont says it won't enfor ...
- Judge Sides With Amazon In Battle With Comphy Over Search Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 14, 2019
In a blow to luxury bedding company Comphy, a federal judge h ...
- Facebook Faces Criminal Probe Over Privacy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 14, 2019
In recent years, tech companies that played fast and loose with customer ...
- New Mexico AG Presses Claims Against Google
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 13, 2019
"Google represented that the Tiny Lab Apps were suitable for play ...
- Sen. Wyden Slams Carriers Over 'Atrocious' Privacy Lapses
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 13, 2019
"We have established that there is a clear, ongoing pattern of misu ...
- Senators Propose Banning Behavioral Targeting Of Teens Under 16
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 12, 2019
The "Digital Marketing Bill of Rights for Minors" would also require compani ...
- California Privacy Law Could Revive 'Do-Not-Track' Tools
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Privacy advocate Alastair Mactaggart told the Senate that businesses could comply wi ...
- Sen. Hawley Blasts Tech Companies Over Privacy Violations
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 11, 2019
"Any robust definition of consumer welfare must acknowledge that these companies ha ...
- California Privacy Law Threatens Discount Programs, ANA Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 11, 2019
The ANA is pressing California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to say loyal ...
- FCC Broadband Report Based On Faulty Data, Free Press Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 8, 2019
A broadband provider's incorrect data resulted in "a massive over-statement of t ...
- 'Cookie Walls' Outlawed By Dutch Privacy Officials
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 8, 2019
Take-it-or-leave-it privacy policies that require people to accept tracking cookies in ord ...