- Facebook Defeats Class-Action For Allegedly 'Leaking' Users' Names To Advertisers
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 30, 2016
Handing a victory to Facebook, a federal judge has ruled that t ...
- AT&T: Tough Privacy Rules May Result In Higher Broadband Prices
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 30, 2016
AT&T is warning that privacy rules prohibiting it from tracking consumers f ...
- Google Readies Broadband Speed Test
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Google is experimenting with a broadband speed test that will enable use ...
- Facebook Prevails Against Belgian Privacy Commission
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 29, 2016
An appellate court in Brussels has dismissed the Belgian Privacy Commission's priva ...
- Yahoo Urges Judge To Throw Out Robo-Texting Class-Action
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Yahoo is now asking a court to throw out a class-action allegi ...
- Online Ad Researchers Challenge Anti-Hacking Law
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Researchers say an anti-hacking law could prevent them from testing sites ...
- AT&T Lobbyist Backs Clinton
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 28, 2016
AT&T lobbyist Jim Cicconi is backing Hillary Clinton for president -- ev ...
- Airbnb Seeks To Block New San Francisco Law
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Airbnb is asking a federal judge to prohibit San Francisco from enforci ...
- In Flip-Flop, Facebook Denies Suggesting Friends Based On Location
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Yesterday, Facebook said it drew on location information when suggesting friends. Toda ...
- Chrome Bug Could Allow People To Download Video Streams
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 27, 2016
Security researchers have found a vulnerability in Google's Chrome that could enab ...
- Facebook Draws On Location History To Suggest New Friends
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 27, 2016
Facebook is now incorporating geolocation data into its "People You May Kno ...
- Appeals Court May Soon Decide Whether AT&T Will Face Class Action Over Slowdowns
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 27, 2016
A federal judge has authorized customers of AT&T to immediately appeal h ...
- Viacom May Have Violated Kids' Privacy Rights
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 27, 2016
A federal appellate court has revived a lawsuit accusing the company ...
- Cox Communications Falls For Phishing Scam
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 24, 2016
Scammers are targeting Internet service providers and consumers with a new phishi ...
- Vizio Slams 'Far-Fetched' Video Privacy Lawsuit
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 24, 2016
Smart TV manufacturer Vizio suggests it will argue that a federal vid ...
- Watchdogs Urge FCC To Crack Down On Data Caps
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 24, 2016
Consumer advocates are renewing a push to convince the FCC to ta ...
- White House Threatens To Veto Budget Bill That Includes Anti-Net Neutrality Provisions
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 23, 2016
President Barack Obama's advisors say they will recommend that he veto ...
- CNN, Journalists' Group And Others Side With Fox Against TVEyes
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 23, 2016
Television monitoring service TVEyes is a "low-level plagiarist" that "imposes a hu ...
- Privacy Guru Pushes To Curb Broadband Providers
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 23, 2016
Broadband providers can "possess a significant power to track user behavior, particular ...
- FCC Democrat: Proposal To Unlock Cable Boxes Has 'Real Flaws'
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel says the agency's proposal for new set-t ...
- T-Mobile's Binge On Still Violates Net Neutrality, Study Says
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 22, 2016
T-Mobile still violates net neutrality with Binge On, which exempts video strea ...
- FTC Fines InMobi $950,000 For Collecting Location Data From Children
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Mobile ad company InMobi illegally collected location data from "hundreds of million ...
- FCC Urged To Ban Premium Pricing For Privacy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Broadband providers shouldn't be allowed to charge consumers higher prices to avo ...
- Google Fiber Now Says Subscriber Disputes Must Go To Arbitration
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 17, 2016
Google Fiber has updated its terms of service to mandate that consume ...
- Cable Companies Willing To Allow Consumers To View All TV Programs On Apps
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 17, 2016
Cable companies now say they are willing to offer apps that wi ...
- Fox News: TVEyes Infringes Copyright, Undercuts Licensing Market
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 17, 2016
Television monitoring service TVEyes, which indexes news clips and provides excerpts ...
- Internet Service Provider Argues It's Not Responsible For Piracy By Subscribers
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 17, 2016
"RCN provides legitimate communication facilities that are neither intended nor designed ...
- Judge Poised To Dismiss Lawsuit Against Twitter Over ISIS Accounts
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 16, 2016
A federal judge signaled at a hearing on Wednesday that he inten ...
- Verizon Users Want To Continue Privacy Battle With Turn In Court
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 16, 2016
Two New York residents who brought a privacy lawsuit against Turn a ...
- Vimeo Wins Copyright Battle Over Golden Oldies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 16, 2016
In a victory for Web companies, a federal appellate court ruled tod ...