- Google, iHeartMedia Sued By FTC And States Over Fake Endorsements
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 28, 2022
The FTC and seven states sued Google and iHeartMedia over ads ...
- FTC Presses To Proceed With Privacy Complaint Against Kochava
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 25, 2022
Kochava "discloses to third parties data that reveals consumers who are maki ...
- Advertisers Oppose Privacy Rules, Watchdogs Call For Curbs
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 21, 2022
"Advertising is the lifeblood of the American economy," the Association of Nation ...
- News Media Alliance Urges FTC To Adopt New 'Data Poaching Rule'
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Monday, November 21, 2022
The proposed data-poaching rule would grant the sole right to collect consum ...
- FTC Urged To Regulate How Platforms Display Content To Minors
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 17, 2022
Watchdogs are petitioning the FTC to prohibit platforms from designing their servic ...
- Attorneys General Want FTC To Limit Data Collection
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 17, 2022
Consumers are often "coerced" into sharing personal data, 32 attorneys general te ...
- Tech Industry Urges FTC To Avoid Privacy Rules, Touts Benefits Of Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 16, 2022
"Rather than creating new rules without a clear grant of authority fr ...
- IAB Says FTC Lacks Authority To Issue Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 15, 2022
"If privacy will be federally regulated, such efforts should start with Congre ...
- FTC Has 'Deep Concern' About Twitter: 'No CEO Is Above The Law'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Twitter is facing new FTC scrutiny over privacy and security in lig ...
- Twitter Senior Privacy, Cybersecurity Execs Depart, Could Be Fined Billions
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, November 10, 2022
Twitter's most senior cybersecurity exec Lea Kissner departed Thursday, with other k ...
- Planned Parenthood Urges FTC To Issue Online Privacy Rules
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 10, 2022
"All data related to accessing health care must be kept confidential, includi ...
- 1-800 Contacts Urges Court To Revive Claims Over Search Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 9, 2022
1-800 Contacts on Wednesday urged a court to reinstate a lawsuit accusi ...
- GOP Senators Urge FTC To Scrap Privacy Rulemaking
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 7, 2022
"The FTC should not exceed its authority to set national standards f ...
- Mobile Data Broker Kochava Seeks Dismissal Of Privacy Class-Action
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 3, 2022
Mobile data broker Kochava is urging a federal judge to throw o ...
- Kochava Battles FTC Over 'Unfair' Sale Of Location Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 31, 2022
"The 'unfair' practice alleged is not, on its face, a public poli ...
- FTC Sues Online Educational Company Over Data Breaches
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 31, 2022
Educational company Chegg's "lax security" resulted in data breaches that exposed student ...
- FTC Considers New Rules To Combat Phony Reviews
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 20, 2022
"Fake and deceptive reviews and other endorsements have long been problematic, a ...
- FTC Chair Flags Concerns Over Ads To Children
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Social media and targeted advertising "changed everything," FTC Chair Lina Khan s ...
- Meta To Sell Giphy After Losing Antitrust Battle In UK
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Meta Platforms said Tuesday it will comply with the a UK regulator ...
- Twitter Pushes Judge To Toss Complaint Over Ad-Targeting Blunder
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 17, 2022
Twitter is pressing a federal judge to throw out a class-action complai ...
- FTC Should Take 'Firm Stance' On Privacy, Senator Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 14, 2022
Tech companies currently "run the industry how they want, with little rega ...
- FTC Extends Deadline To Weigh In On Commercial Surveillance
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 14, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission will accept comments regarding potential privacy rules unt ...
- Meta Urges Judge To Dismiss FTC Suit Over Supernatural Purchase
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 13, 2022
"The FTC has no viable claim here," Meta argues in papers fil ...
- Rural Broadband Providers Seek Extra Time To Address 'Commercial Surveillance'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 10, 2022
NTCA--The Rural Broadband Association is backing a request by the Chamber ...
- Lawmakers Urge FTC To Crack Down On Collection Of Children's Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 30, 2022
"Threats to young people online have reached a crisis point," lawmakers s ...
- Industry Groups Want More Time To Weigh In On 'Commercial Surveillance'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, Privacy for America and others a ...
- Daycare Apps Pose Privacy Risks, Digital Rights Group Tells FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Some daycare and early education apps "allow public access to children's phot ...
- Ad Groups Urge FTC To Rethink Proposed Revisions To Endorsement Guides
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 27, 2022
"Tags should not automatically be considered endorsements," the ANA said in commen ...
- FTC Bid To Block Supernatural Purchase Tainted By Chair's 'Bias,' Meta Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 26, 2022
Khan "has made numerous public statements that demonstrate her bias against Meta ...
- FTC Orders Amazon's Jeff Bezos And Andy Jassy To Testify About Automatic Renewals
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 22, 2022
The agency says Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy must testify in ...