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• Google Must Face Privacy Suit Over Alleged Faceprint Database in MediaDailyNews on 12/06/2024
  

  Google must face claims that it violated an Illinois biometric privacy law requiring companies to obtain consumers' written consent before collecting or storing scans of face geometry, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

• Court Upholds Law Banning TikTok Unless It's Sold in MediaDailyNews on 12/06/2024
  

  Rejecting arguments that a TikTok ban violates the First Amendment, a federal appellate panel on Friday upheld a law that will result in a nationwide prohibition unless its parent company, China-based ByteDance, sells the app.

• Analytics Company Voyager Labs Settles Scraping Battle With Meta in MediaDailyNews on 12/05/2024
  

  The U.K.-based company Voyager Labs -- which provides analytics services to law enforcement agencies -- has settled a lawsuit brought by Meta Platforms by agreeing to refrain from scraping Facebook and Instagram.

• IAB, Cable Lobby, Others Ask Court To Block Click-To-Cancel Rules in MediaDailyNews on 12/05/2024
  

  The FTC's click-to-cancel rules require companies to let consumers cancel subscriptions through the same medium that was used to purchase them.

• Senators Press House To Vote On Kids Safety Bill in MediaDailyNews on 12/04/2024
  

  Six U.S. Senators are urging Republican leaders of the House of Representatives to bring the controversial Kids Online Safety And Privacy Act to a vote by the end of the year.

• Amazon Accused Of Duping Prime Subs In Washington, D.C. in MediaDailyNews on 12/04/2024
  

  Amazon duped Washington, D.C. residents who lived in two ZIP codes by touting speedy delivery as a feature of Prime membership, but failing to deliver most packages within two days, Attorney General Brian Schwalb alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

• Court Upholds Meta's $25 Million Fine Over Political Ad Disclosures in MediaDailyNews on 12/03/2024
  

  A Washington appellate court has upheld Meta's $25 million fine for violating a state law requiring online companies to disclose information about political ads -- including their cost and sponsors, descriptions of the geolocations and audiences targeted, and number of impressions generated.

• FTC Restricts Mobilewalla From Collecting RTB Location Data in MediaDailyNews on 12/03/2024
  

  The FTC on Tuesday unveiled privacy charges against mobile data broker Mobilewalla, which allegedly obtained consumers' location data from real-time bidding exchanges.

• Google Must Face Suit In Battle Over Children's Smartphone Data, Judge Confirms in MediaDailyNews on 12/02/2024
  

  In a defeat for Google, a federal judge has refused to authorize an immediate appeal of his decision requiring the company to face claims that it collected personal data from smartphone users under the age of 13.

• GoodRx Agrees To $25 Million Privacy Settlement in MediaDailyNews on 12/02/2024
  

  Drug discounter GoodRx has agreed to pay $25 million to settle claims that it wrongly shared consumers' health information with Meta Platforms, Google and Criteo for ad purposes, according to court documents filed Friday.

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• Bill That Would Outlaw Behavioral Advertising Advances To House Floor by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 07/20/2022)
  

  Here's the most recent version of the bill: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20220720/115041/BILLS-117-8152-P000034-Amdt-1.pdf

• Court Sides With Devin Nunes -- Again -- In Battle Over Journalist's Tweet by Wendy Davis (Red, White & Blog on 11/23/2021)
  

  Thanks for catching that. It's been fixed

• Bill Seeks To Strip Websites Of Protections For False COVID-19 Information Posted By Users by Wendy Davis (PolicyBlog on 07/22/2021)
  

  The piece mentions that Biden later softened his remarks about Facebook

• FCC Chairman Pai To Exit In January by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 11/30/2020)
  

  Are you confident the Senate will approve Biden's FCC pick?

• House Republicans Want Tech CEOs To Testify About 'Censorship' Policies by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 10/20/2020)
  

  Here's what Biden campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates told The New York Times: “We have reviewed Joe Biden’s official schedules from the time and no meeting, as alleged by the New York Post, ever took place.”

• New York Lawmaker Proposes Data Tax by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 01/22/2020)
  

  As currently written, the proposed bill would impose a tax of 5% "on gross income upon every corporation which derives income from the data individuals of this state share with such corporations." 

• Facebook Prevails In Battle With Russian 'News' Agency by Wendy Davis (Digital News Daily on 01/15/2020)
  

  Thank you for catching that! The dismissal order was "with prejudice." The sentence has been corrected.

• 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.

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