- Vanity Searcher Can Proceed With Lawsuit Against Google
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 30, 2012
In a blow to Google, a federal judge has refused to dismi ...
- Yahoo To Honor Do-Not-Track Headers
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 29, 2012
Yahoo said it will stop sending customized ads and content to consume ...
- Sen. Franken: Consumers Lose Choices When Companies Get Too Big
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 30, 2012
Count Al Franken among the critics of Google's new privacy policy. ...
- IAB Voices Concern About Regulating 'Data Brokers'
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission's call for new restrictions on data brokers cou ...
- House Republicans 'Skeptical' About Privacy Proposals
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Obama Administration and the Federal Trade Commission recently issued privacy repor ...
- RockYou Agrees To $250K Fine To Settle COPPA Charges
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Social game developer RockYou has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle charg ...
- Twitter Feed Of Healthcare Argument Gets Shut Down
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Attorney Casey Mattox was among hundreds of spectators who went to t ...
- FTC Supports Right To Opt Out Of Data Collection By Ad Networks
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 26, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission is urging the ad industry to continue effor ...
- Will Comcast's New Xbox Service Hurt Netflix?
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Comcast this week rolled out a new free service allowing customers w ...
- Facebook Accused Of Antitrust Violations
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 23, 2012
PageRage, a company that allows users to customize Facebook pages by addi ...
- Senators Call For DOJ Probe Of Facebook-Snooping
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 26, 2012
If anything's become clear in the last week, it's that many peop ...
- Google Sued For 'Unquestionably Invasive' New Privacy Policy
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 22, 2012
Google was hit with a potential class-action lawsuit for changing its priva ...
- Facebook Tells Job Applicants To Keep Passwords To Themselves
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 23, 2012
A report this week that some employers are asking job applicants f ...
- Two Marketers Settle 'Fake News' Cases With FTC
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
IMM Interactive has agreed to pay more than $1.3 million to sett ...
- Facebook's New Policy Could Stave Off Advertiser Lawsuits
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 22, 2012
New revisions to Facebook's terms, slated to take effect tomorrow, could ma ...
- Google Seeks To Weigh In On MPAA-Hotfile Dispute
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Google is asking a federal judge to reject the Motion Picture Associati ...
- Mozilla To Encrypt Google Search Traffic
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Last year, Google said it would start encrypting some search traffic f ...
- Jiffy Lube Franchisee Loses Bid To Dismiss Text Spam Lawsuit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 19, 2012
A federal judge has given the go-ahead to a lawsuit accusing Jif ...
- Most U.K. Web Users Worry About Privacy Online
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Nine out of 10 Web users in the U.K. (90%) say th ...
- Risky Business: Companies Ask Job Applicants For Facebook Log-Ins
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 20, 2012
In 2009, news broke that the city of Bozeman, Montana was aski ...
- Ascentive Agrees To $9.6M 'Scareware' Settlement
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 16, 2012
Software vendor Ascentive has agreed to pay $9.6 million to settle ...
- EU Official 'Deeply Regrets' Google's New Privacy Policy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 19, 2012
It seems that European authorities are still peeved with Google for rolli ...
- 'Sponsored Stories' Lawsuit Against Facebook Transferred To California
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 15, 2012
Facebook has convinced a federal judge to transfer a lawsuit about t ...
- Federal Prosecutor ID'd Through Web Posts
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 16, 2012
Privacy experts have long said that even anonymous Web users sometimes lea ...
- Smartphone Users Sue Over Address-Book Uploads
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Thirteen smartphone users have filed a potential class-action lawsuit against a sl ...
- Report: ISPs To Start Policing Piracy In July
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 15, 2012
Major Internet service providers could move forward as early as July wi ...
- Microsoft Targets Health Ads Based On Consumers' Web Activity
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Microsoft has updated its privacy policy to specify that it serves health-relat ...
- Lawmakers Request Meeting With Apple Over Privacy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Last month, shortly after news broke that app developers were gathering iPho ...
- Judge Rejects Ron Paul's Bid To Unmask YouTube User
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 12, 2012
A federal judge has shot down a request by the campaign ...
- In Countersuit, Aereo Claims It Doesn't Infringe Copyright
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Barry Diller's Aereo has asked a federal judge in New York ...