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• California Sends Warning Letters Over CCPA Violations in Digital News Daily on 07/10/2020
  

  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has already sent warning notices to online companies over alleged violations of the state's new privacy law.

• Supreme Court Urged To Limit Anti-Hacking Law in Digital News Daily on 07/10/2020
  

  The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Mozilla and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are among a broad array of watchdogs and outside companies asking the Supreme Court to limit the scope of a federal anti-hacking law.

• Supreme Court To Take Up Robotexting Fight in PolicyBlog on 07/09/2020
  

  The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to decide whether Facebook may have violated a robotexting law by sending unwanted messages to a Montana resident.

• Biden-Sanders Task Force Backs Net Neutrality, Municipal Broadband in Digital News Daily on 07/09/2020
  

  "Democrats will restore the FCC's clear authority to take strong enforcement action against broadband providers who violate net neutrality principles through blocking, throttling, paid prioritization, or other measures that create artificial scarcity and raise consumer prices for this vital service," the task force writes in a 110-page set of recommendations released this week.

• Washington, D.C. Advances Plan To Tax Advertising, Sale Of Personal Information in Digital News Daily on 07/08/2020
  

  The Washington, D.C. City Council voted to compensate for a COVID-19-related budget shortfall by imposing a new 3% tax on advertising and on the sale of "personal information."

• Maine Privacy Law Survives Challenge By Broadband Industry in Digital News Daily on 07/08/2020
  

  A judge has rejected the broadband industry's bid to immediately throw out Maine's new opt-in privacy law on the grounds that it conflicts with federal policy.

• California Begins Enforcing New Privacy Law in Digital News Daily on 07/01/2020
  

  "The website of every business covered by the law must now post a link on its homepage that says 'Do Not Sell My Personal Information,'" California Attorney General Xavier Becerra stated Wednesday.

• Bose User Wants Appeals Court To Revive Wiretapping Claims in Digital News Daily on 07/01/2020
  

  An Illinois resident wants an appellate court to revive claims that headphone manufacturer Bose violated the federal wiretap law by allegedly disclosing information about the music, radio programs and podcasts streamed by customers.

• Facebook To Seek Supreme Court Intervention In Privacy Battle Over 'Like' Button in Digital News Daily on 06/30/2020
  

  Facebook plans to ask the Supreme Court to rule that tracking logged-out web users via the "Like" button doesn't violate the federal wiretap law.

• Booking.com Entitled To Trademark, Supreme Court Says in Digital News Daily on 06/30/2020
  

  Online reservation service Booking.com can trademark its name, even though the word "booking" is generic, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

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• 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.

• 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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