WENDY DAVIS

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• Lawmakers Call For Review Of Cybersecurity At FCC in Digital News Daily on 08/18/2017
  

  An influx of fake comments about net neutrality, combined with the FCC's recent website crash, has spurred two lawmakers to call for an independent investigation of the agency's cybersecurity practices.

• Supreme Court Urged To Decide Whether Google Can Keep Trademark in Digital News Daily on 08/18/2017
  

  Two entrepreneurs are asking the Supreme Court to decide whether Google should lose its trademark on the grounds that people now use the company's name as a verb.

• DreamHost Challenges Warrant For Data About Visitors To Anti-Trump Site in PolicyBlog on 08/17/2017
  

  "This Court should not permit the government to trample upon the privacy of the individuals interacting with the website," DreamHost argues.

• Judge Rejects AT&T's Challenge To Louisville Law That Boosts Google Fiber  in Digital News Daily on 08/17/2017
  

  A federal judge has rejected AT&T's challenge to a Louisville, Kentucky law aimed at making it easier for Google to launch Gigabit fiber service in the city.

• U.N. Free Speech Expert Outlines Concerns Over Proposed Net Neutrality Repeal in Digital News Daily on 08/16/2017
  

  "Particularly concerning is the prospect of paid-prioritization schemes, where broadband providers speed up prioritized content and force all other non-prioritized content into slow lanes," the U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression tells the FCC.

• LinkedIn Ordered To Stop Blocking Data Scraper in Digital News Daily on 08/16/2017
  

  Siding against LinkedIn, a federal judge this week ordered the company to stop blocking analytics company HiQ Labs from accessing data about users.

• Google, Facebook, Other Tech Companies Ask Supreme Court To Protect Digital Privacy in Digital News Daily on 08/16/2017
  

  Google, Microsoft, Facebook and other tech companies are urging the Supreme Court to rule that digital data is entitled to "strong" protections against searches by law enforcement authorities.

• Data Company Must Face Suit Over Incorrect Information in Digital News Daily on 08/15/2017
  

  Siding against online data aggregator Spokeo, a federal appellate court ruled Tuesday that the company must face a privacy lawsuit for allegedly displaying incorrect consumer information.

• Uber Violated Privacy Policy, FTC Says in Digital News Daily on 08/15/2017
  

  Uber failed to honor its promise to closely monitor employees' ability to access consumers' geolocation data, the FTC alleged in a complaint unveiled Tuesday.

• Booking.com Entitled To Trademark  in Digital News Daily on 08/14/2017
  

  In a surprising decision, a federal trial judge has ruled that online hotel reservation service Booking.com is entitled to trademark protection for its name.

Comments by Wendy All comments by Wendy

• 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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