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• Google Urges Judge To Toss New Mexico AG's Suit Over Children's Privacy in Raw on 01/16/2019
  

  "Google Play is merely a platform for the sale or distribution of apps," the company says in papers urging a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by New Mexico Attorney General.

• Ad Industry Asks California AG To 'Clarify' New Privacy Law in Digital News Daily on 01/15/2019
  

  "Without more clarity, businesses may end up deleting or sharing more information than is necessary," the ANA told the state's attorney general this week.

• Judge Nixes Citizenship Question On Census in Digital News Daily on 01/15/2019
  

  The major ad industry groups opposed the decision to question people about their citizenship.

• FCC Chairman Refuses To Brief Congress On Carriers' Location Data Practices in Digital News Daily on 01/14/2019
  

  "The FCC must take immediate action to ensure no wireless carrier is allowing the rampant disclosure of real-time location data," Rep. Frank Pallone (D-New Jersey) wrote to the FCC last week.

• Tech Policy Group Urges Congress To Repeal And Replace Privacy Laws in Digital News Daily on 01/14/2019
  

  A prominent think tank is calling on Congress to repeal existing state and federal privacy laws and replace them with a single national standard that gives consumers rights based on the sensitivity of their data.

• Netflix Sued Over 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' in Digital News Daily on 01/11/2019
  

  The "Choose Your Own Adventure" book series publisher alleges that its trademark was infringed by Netflix.

• AT&T, T-Mobile And Verizon Vow To Stop Selling Location Data in Digital News Daily on 01/11/2019
  

  Faced with a new privacy debacle, wireless carriers say they will stop selling customers' location data by March.

• Lawyer Defamed On Yelp Presses Supreme Court To Take Case in Digital News Daily on 01/10/2019
  

  A ruling in favor of Yelp "would thwart the ability of courts throughout the country to order the removal of illegal, tortious, and injurious content from the Internet," Dawn Hassell argues.

• Google Poised To Prevail In Battle Over 'Right To Be Forgotten' in PolicyBlog on 01/10/2019
  

  Google appears poised to win a showdown in Europe over whether the so-called "right to be forgotten" requires censorship of results worldwide.

• Cambridge Analytica Fined For Refusing To Give American Professor His Data in Digital News Daily on 01/09/2019
  

  The parent company of Cambridge Analytica admitted it violated a UK privacy law by refusing to provide an American citizen with his data.

Comments by Wendy All comments by Wendy

• 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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