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• Judges Weigh FTC's Authority To Prosecute AT&T Over Mobile Slowdowns in Digital News Daily on 09/19/2017
  

  Judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday questioned lawyers for both AT&T and the Federal Trade Commission over whether the FTC has the authority to prosecute the telecom for allegedly throttling customers with unlimited wireless data.

• Turn Wants Court To Reconsider Decision Reviving 'Supercookies' Lawsuit in Digital News Daily on 09/19/2017
  

  Ad company Turn is hoping to convince appellate judges to reconsider their recent decision reviving a privacy lawsuit centered on the company's alleged use of "supercookies."

• Shutterfly Must Face Privacy Suit Over 'Faceprints' in Digital News Daily on 09/18/2017
  

  Siding against Shutterfly, a federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit alleging that the company violated an Illinois privacy law regarding faceprints.

• Opponents Claim Proposed Geolocation Privacy Bill Creates Fraud Risk in Digital News Daily on 09/18/2017
  

  An Illinois location privacy bill awaiting the governor's signature "forces users to review additional complex disclosures and puts them at risk of fraud," opponents claim.

• Broadband Privacy Bill Stalls In California in Digital News Daily on 09/17/2017
  

  Lawmakers in California late Friday shelved a privacy bill that would have limited broadband providers' ability to serve targeted ads to subscribers.

• Far-Right Social Network Gab Sues Google Over Removal From Play Store in Digital News Daily on 09/15/2017
  

  Gab, a social media company known for attracting far-right users, has sued Google for banning the Gab app from the Play Store.

• FTC's Instagram Crackdown Reaches Lindsay Lohan, 'Snooki,' 19 Other Celebrities in Digital News Daily on 09/15/2017
  

  Actress Lindsay Lohan, model Naomi Campbell and reality TV star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi were among the 21 Instagram influencers to recently receive warning letters from the Federal Trade Commission.

• Senators Propose New Curbs On Data Brokers  in PolicyBlog on 09/14/2017
  

  "We need to shed light on this 'shadow' industry of surreptitious data collection that has amassed covert dossiers on hundreds of millions of Americans," Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) stated Thursday.

• Ad Groups Bash Apple's New No-Tracking Settings in Digital News Daily on 09/14/2017
  

  The major online ad organizations are urging Apple to retreat from its "unilateral and heavy-handed" decision to revise Safari's privacy settings.

• Sikh Rights Group Can't Sue Facebook Over Blocked Page, Appeals Court Rules in Digital News Daily on 09/13/2017
  

  Siding with Facebook, a federal appellate court has ruled that the social networking service won't have to face a lawsuit for allegedly blocking access to the Sikhs for Justice's page in India.

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• 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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