- Legal Issues Murky When Government, Marketers Mine Data From Social Sites
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 15, 2010
This week, reports from two different sources appeared detailing how information th ...
- Judge Denies McAfee's Motion To Dismiss Counts In Data-Pass Lawsuit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 13, 2010
A lawsuit against McAfee for allegedly tricking consumers into purchasing unwanted subscriptio ...
- Report Says Government Action, Private-Public Partnerships Needed For Universal Broadband
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 14, 2010
Ninety-five percent of U.S. households currently have access to broadband lines, b ...
- Complaint Alleges Facebook Shared Sensitive User Data With Advertisers
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 12, 2010
A Facebook update earlier this year resulted in the disclosure of user ...
- Less-Than-Legitimate Video Copyright Complaints Taint Election Season
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 13, 2010
As election season heats up, so too do questionable complaints about politician ...
- FEC Rules Paid-Search Political Ads Partially Exempt From Disclosure
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 11, 2010
Handing Google a partial victory, the Federal Elections Commission said that politic ...
- Writers Guild, Others Wary Of Web Fast Lane
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Writers Guild of America East, which has long supported net neutrali ...
- Google Sued For Using Copyrighted Image In Print Ads Promoting AdWords
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 8, 2010
A Google ad touting the benefits of paid search has landed t ...
- Lawmakers Blast Legalese-Ridden Privacy Policies
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, October 10, 2010
Two influential lawmakers said Friday they were concerned that Web companies a ...
- The Forever Cookie: New Tracking Technologies Continue To Threaten Privacy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 11, 2010
In March of 2005, ad technology company United Virtualities boasted that ...
- Revised Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Satisfies Digital-Rights Advocates
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 7, 2010
A new version of a proposed anti-counterfeiting treaty no longer contains so ...
- Former FTC Staffer Alleges Google Says One Thing, Does Another
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 8, 2010
Privacy expert and former Federal Trade Commission staffer Christopher Soghoian has fil ...
- Microsoft, eBay And Intel Praise Rush Privacy Bill
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 6, 2010
A privacy bill proposed by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) requiring Web sit ...
- FTC Guides Could Restrict Marketers' Environmental Claims
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Marketers that use broad terms like "carbon neutral" or "green" in the ...
- Facebook Goofs With Opt-Out For Groups
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 7, 2010
There's no question that Facebook's revised Groups feature has much to recomme ...
- iPhone Apps Sending Out Devices' Serial Numbers, Log-In Data
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 5, 2010
The majority of the most popular applications available for iPhones use t ...
- 'SpeedBook' Tablet Lands Google In Court Before It Even Launches
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Google hasn't yet officially debuted SpeedBook, rumored to be a new Chrome- ...
- Report: News Organizations Unfairly Shut Down Political Speech
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Fox News, MSNBC, National Public Radio and other news organizations have us ...
- Critics Strike At Google's New 'All-It-Can-Eat' Privacy Policy
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 4, 2010
Google's new, streamlined privacy policy, which went into effect on Monday, wi ...
- T-Mobile, EZ Texting Settle Lawsuit -- But Questions About Text-Blocking Linger
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 5, 2010
T-Mobile and mobile marketing company EZ Texting have reached a confidential agreeme ...
- Industry Group Truste Abandons BT Icon, Adopts DAA Graphic
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 4, 2010
The industry privacy group Truste has abandoned an effort to roll o ...
- Supreme Court Refuses Invasion Of Privacy Claim Against Google's Street View
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 4, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court gave Google some good news today in ...
- Industry Coalition Bows Self-Regulation Info Web Site, Readies New Trade Organization
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 30, 2010
The Interactive Advertising Bureau and other advertising groups behind the industry's self-regulato ...
- Scribd Goofs With Facebook Instant Personalization
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 1, 2010
By and large, people still seem to expect that they can re ...
- Anti-Piracy Law Stalls After Opposition Grows
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 30, 2010
A controversial anti-piracy law that would have allowed the federal authorities ...
- Waxman Bill Could Strip FCC Of Power To Reclassify Broadband
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Rep. Henry Waxman reportedly is readying legislation that would require wired broadba ...
- Waxman Net Neutrality Bill A No-Go, For Now
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 29, 2010
An effort to craft compromise net neutrality legislation failed after a k ...
- Case Could Lead To First Ruling On Whether Companies Have Right To Use Short Codes
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 27, 2010
A federal judge in Manhattan is slated to hear arguments on Thursd ...
- Political Site Argues Fair Use In Righthaven Copyright Case
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Sued by Righthaven for infringing copyright by allegedly allowing a user ...
- Craigslist Could Still Face Prosecution, Despite Shuttering Adult Services
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 24, 2010
Craigslist says it is still concerned that South Carolina Attorney General Hen ...