PolicyBlog
by Wendy Davis, Staff Writer
Rejecting objections by trade groups, the FTC has finalized a deal requiring retail tracking firm Nomi to promise that it won't in the future misrepresent its privacy policy. Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
Google should not have been allowed to settle a privacy class-action by agreeing to donate money to organizations it already supports, activist Theodore Frank … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Jeremy Walker, Op-Ed Contributor
Among Google's "Ten things we know to be true," a list the company uses as guiding principles, "You can make money without doing evil" … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
The maker of the ad-blocking software Adblock Plus released a version Tuesday for mobile iOS browsers, one day prior to similar news expected from … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Wayne Friedman, Staff Writer
Save what goes on with traditional video-on-demand, there is no blocking of viewer efforts to skip through TV commercials on existing, big-screen TV platforms. … Read the whole story
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by P.J. Bednarski
Verizon today began the soft launch of its "mobile-first social entertainment platform," called Go90 that offers content from several cable and online sources to … Read the whole story