- Self-Regulatory Group Raises Concerns Over FTC's Privacy Initiative
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 7, 2022
The Network Advertising Initiative is raising concerns that the FTC's recent mo ...
- Mobile Data Brokers Under Fire Over Surveillance
Mobile Insider, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Mobile analytics firm Kochava, currently facing prosecution by the FTC, was su ...
- Mobile Location Data Fuels Mass Surveillance By Police, Watchdog Reports
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 1, 2022
Fog Data Science obtains location data that was collected by mobile app ...
- FTC Sues Apartment Finding Service Roomster Over Fake Reviews
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 31, 2022
The FTC and six state AGs sued apartment-finding service Roomster and t ...
- FTC Lacks Valid Grounds To Challenge 'Supernatural' Purchase, Meta Tells Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 30, 2022
"Lina Khan brought with her to the Commission a preset agenda; s ...
- FTC Sues Kochava Over Sale Of Location Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 29, 2022
Kochava "has sold, licensed, or otherwise transferred precise geolocation data associated wi ...
- Facebook Settles Privacy Lawsuit Over Cambridge Analytica Data Grab
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, August 28, 2022
Facebook has agreed to settle claims that it violated users' privacy ...
- FTC Considers Curbs On 'Commercial Surveillance'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 11, 2022
The FTC on Thursday officially began the lengthy process of crafting priva ...
- Ad Industry Prepares To Fight Potential FTC Privacy Rules
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 11, 2022
The FTC is seeking public comment on "commercial surveillance," meaning the "collectio ...
- FTC's Bedoya Urges Curbs On Location Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 10, 2022
FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya said this week that "any company that collect ...
- Meta Postpones Supernatural Purchase -- Again
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 4, 2022
Meta has agreed to delay its purchase of the virtual fitness a ...
- LinkedIn Sued Over Automatic Subscription Renewals
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 1, 2022
An Oregon resident says in a new class-action complaint that LinkedIn wrong ...
- Federal Privacy Bill Draws Opposition From California
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 29, 2022
California's privacy agency unanimously voted to oppose a federal privacy bill th ...
- Facing FTC Suit, Meta Postpones Supernatural Purchase
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 29, 2022
Meta has agreed to delay acquiring Within Unlimited, developer of the virtu ...
- FTC Sues To Block Meta Purchase Of Virtual Reality Fitness App
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 27, 2022
The acquisition would bring Meta "one step closer to its ultimate go ...
- FTC Warns Companies Against Calling Data 'Anonymous'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 11, 2022
"Companies that make false claims about anonymization can expect to hear fr ...
- Biden Executive Order Urges FTC To Protect Abortion Seekers' Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 8, 2022
Responding to the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade, President J ...
- Senate Intelligence Committee Leaders Urge FTC To Investigate TikTok
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Lawmakers on the Senate intelligence committee are urging the FTC to investiga ...
- Amazon Streamlines Prime Cancellation In EU
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Amazon has agreed to allow European users to cancel subscriptions to Pri ...
- Biden Reportedly To Urge FTC To Protect Abortion Seekers' Data
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 30, 2022
Biden is expected to ask the FTC to crack down on unfa ...
- Google Manipulates Users Into Allowing Tracking, Groups Tell FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Google unfairly manipulates people who create accounts into consenting to the collecti ...
- Warby Parker Defeats 1-800 Contacts' Suit Over Search Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Handing a defeat to 1-800 Contacts, a judge has dismissed the retailer ...
- FCC Asks Apple, Google To Remove TikTok From App Stores
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Leaked audio from 80 internal TikTok meetings to BuzzFeed in early Ju ...
- NAI Issues New Standards For Location Analytics Companies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 22, 2022
New voluntary standards issued by the Network Advertising Initiative restrict some membe ...
- FTC To Revamp Digital Advertising Guidance
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 3, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission plans a "start-to-finish reboot" to its guidance f ...
- FTC Fines Twitter $150 Million Over Ad-Targeting Snafu
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Twitter agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations that it misl ...
- FTC To Unveil Proposed Revisions To Endorsement Guides
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, May 13, 2022
The proposed updated guidance will address topics including fake reviews and t ...
- Senate Confirms Privacy Expert Bedoya To FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Bedoya's confirmation gives the FTC a Democratic majority for the first ti ...
- NAI Raises Concerns About 'Dark Patterns,' Issues Best Practices Guide
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Dark patterns "involve obfuscation and a lack of clarity, with the likeliho ...
- Republicans Question FTC Chair About Ex-Employer's Effort To Block Musk-Twitter Deal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 4, 2022
"The Open Markets Institute "appears to believe that the FTC will ...