WENDY DAVIS

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• Facebook Curbs Ad Targeting Options To Settle Civil Rights Lawsuits in Digital News Daily on 03/19/2019
  

  Facebook will prohibit advertisers of housing, employment or credit offers from targeting ads based on age, gender, ZIP code and ethnic affinity -- often used as a proxy for race.

• ANA Wants Privacy Regime That Bans Some Practices, Allows Opt-Outs For Targeted Ads in Digital News Daily on 03/19/2019
  

  The Association of National Advertisers plans to seek federal privacy legislation that would flatly outlaw certain practices, including the use of data for harmful discrimination.

• ANA Launches Trust Consortium in Digital News Daily on 03/19/2019
  

  The Association of National Advertisers has launched a new "Trust Consortium" aimed at improving issues that plague the relationship between marketers and agencies -- including controversies over brand safety, fraud rates and transparency concerns.

• Rep. Nunes Sues Twitter And Parodists Over Mocking Tweets in Digital News Daily on 03/19/2019
  

  Twitter "allows its platform to serve as a portal of defamation in order to undermine public confidence in plaintiff and to benefit his opponents and opponents of the Republican Party,"

• 'New York Times' Not Entitled To Information About Net Neutrality Commenters, FCC Says in Digital News Daily on 03/18/2019
  

  The FCC says the data sought by the "Times" -- including IP addresses associated with comments -- would compromise commenters' privacy.

• Microsoft Challenges FCC Broadband Report in Digital News Daily on 03/18/2019
  

  The FCC relied on data that "appears to overstate the extent to which broadband is actually available throughout the nation," Microsoft says in a new filing.

• Vermont Holds Off Enforcing Net Neutrality Law in Digital News Daily on 03/15/2019
  

  Faced with litigation by the broadband industry, Vermont says it won't enforce its new open internet rules.

• New Bill Would Restrict Commercial Use Of Facial Recognition in Digital News Daily on 03/15/2019
  

  The Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act would require companies to obtain people's explicit consent before sharing their faceprints.

• Facebook Faces Criminal Probe Over Privacy in PolicyBlog on 03/14/2019
  

  In recent years, tech companies that played fast and loose with customers' data have faced lawsuits, civil investigations by the government, and even fines by the FTC.

• Judge Sides With Amazon In Battle With Comphy Over Search Ads in Digital News Daily on 03/14/2019
  

  In a blow to luxury bedding company Comphy, a federal judge has refused to order Amazon to stop using the term "comphy" to market sheets.

Comments by Wendy All comments by Wendy

• Sen. Markey Unveils Bill To Restore Net Neutrality by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 03/06/2019)
  

  The article should have said the proposal drew the support of 52 Senators last year. Thanks for catching!

• ANA Cheers Supreme Court Order In Fight Over Cell Phone Radiation Warnings by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 06/28/2018)
  

  @Cynthia Franklin -- The Supreme Court granted CTIA's petition, vacated the earlier ruling, and sent the case back to the appellate court for reconsideration. While today's order doesn't explicitly invalidate the Berkeley ordinance, the decision to remand for a new hearing leaves CTIA in a better position than before, because the group can now argue its case again -- and this time, can draw on this week's ruling involving the crisis pregnancy centers. The headline has been revised to reflect the ANA's reaction to the order.

• FCC Passes Broad Privacy Rules, Limits Behavioral Advertising By Broadband Providers by Wendy Davis (Daily Online Examiner on 10/27/2016)
  

  The rules are very broad, and go beyond a prohibition on selling data. While the FCC hasn't yet published the full regulations, a fact sheet released today specifies that opt-in consent is required before ISPs can "use" or "share" data about consumers' "sensitive" data -- which the FCC says includes Web browsing and app usage history.

• Rural Americans Less Likely To Use Email, Watch Online Video by Wendy Davis (PolicyBlog on 08/12/2016)
  

  Thanks for catching, Chuck. That sentence you flagged has been fixed to state that nearly four in 10 online urban residents use online video or voice conferencing. 

• Fox And 'Bergen Record' Settle Copyright Battle Over 9/11 Photo by Wendy Davis (Daily Online Examiner on 02/16/2016)
  

  Hi Chuck,Yes, I meant to say that the newspaper group sued Pirro. Thanks for catching! It's been fixed.,

• FTC Allowed To Sue Wyndham For Failing To Protect Users' Data by Wendy Davis (PolicyBlog on 04/07/2014)
  

  Thanks for catching Chuck. The sentence is now fixed.

• Facebook User Says Halal Ruling Isn't Kosher by Wendy Davis (PolicyBlog on 02/22/2013)
  

  Good suggestion, @edyson. Great point. We've updated the headline.

• School Sued For Reading Student's Private Facebook Messages by Wendy Davis (PolicyBlog on 07/23/2009)
  

  Dan, I think this type of official activity clearly has the potential to impact the advertising and media business. A demand by a school, or employer or the government to view consumers' Facebook pages could have a long-lasting impact on people’s inclination to use social media. And that would certainly affect companies that are currently attempting to use sites like Facebook to market to consumers.

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