- Biden Renominates Bedoya To FTC And Sohn To FCC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Biden initially nominated Sohn and Bedoya last year, but the Senate didn ...
- CARU Begins Monitoring 'Child-Directed' Ads In Digital Media, Vows To Take Action To Enforce It
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, January 4, 2022
The guidelines address the growth of online platforms and new immersive for ...
- FTC Chair Raises Concerns About Big Tech's Move Into Financial Services
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 23, 2021
"The potential risks created by Big Tech's expansion into payments and financi ...
- Privacy Regulations Could Address 'Commercial Surveillance' Harms, FTC Chair Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 17, 2021
Days after taking the first steps toward issuing new privacy rules, F ...
- Campaign Targets Big Tech Hypocrisy Around Small Business
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Monday, December 20, 2021
The video ad urges Congress and the FTC to stop Big Te ...
- FTC: OpenX Collected Personal Info From Kids, Location Data From Opted-Out Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 16, 2021
Ad-tech company OpenX will pay $2 million to settle accusations that ...
- Independent Industry Self-Regulation Can Work in Big Tech, Too
MediaDailyNews, Laura Brett, Eric Reicin - Friday, December 17, 2021
Advertising self-regulation today can address new misleading practices that are gaining t ...
- FTC Moves Toward Privacy Regulations
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Signaling a crackdown on privacy, the FTC said it is considering crafti ...
- Amazon Search Results Dupe Consumers, Unions Tell FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Amazon dupes consumers by failing to clearly distinguish paid ads from organ ...
- Warby Parker Urges Judge To Toss 1-800 Contacts' Lawsuit Over Search Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 6, 2021
"While 1-800 Contacts resents that Warby Parker is competing with it onli ...
- FTC: It's Time To End 'Dirty Tricks' That Make It Hard To Unsubscribe
Publishing Insider, Tony Silber - Wednesday, November 17, 2021
The new "enforcement policy statement makes clear that tricking consumers into signi ...
- Senate Committee To Hear FTC, FCC Nominees Wednesday
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 12, 2021
The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination ...
- New Senate Bill Would Thwart Big Tech Acquisitions
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 5, 2021
The "Platform Competition and Opportunity Act," proposed by Senators Amy Klobuchar a ...
- House Republicans Float Privacy Bill, Overrides Stringent State Laws
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 3, 2021
"Privacy does not end at state lines and Americans deserve better th ...
- Warby Parker Blasts 1-800 Contacts For Suing Over Search Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 1, 2021
Eyewear company Warby Parker is telling a federal judge that 1-800 Contact ...
- FTC Warns Companies About Auto-Renewing Subscriptions
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 29, 2021
The FTC this week issued a new policy statement that warns compani ...
- Companies Use Personal Data To "Trick" Consumers, Watchdogs Tell FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Advocacy groups are urging the FTC to pass privacy rules affecting "t ...
- Internet Service Providers Draw On Broad Array Of Data, Share It In Surprising Ways, FTC Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 21, 2021
Consumers "would likely be surprised at the extent of data that ...
- Watchdogs Urge Senate To Confirm Privacy Expert Bedoya To FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 18, 2021
"When it comes to holding Big Tech monopolies accountable, time is ...
- FTC Warns Against Fake Reviews, Endorsements
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 13, 2021
The FTC is warning hundreds of advertisers and agencies that running fa ...
- Father Of Slain Reporter Asks FTC To Investigate Facebook Over Videos
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The father of a journalist killed on the air is urging t ...
- FTC Urged To Police Teen Privacy On Instagram, YouTube, Other Tech Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 8, 2021
"The need to protect young people from privacy threats online is mo ...
- Escape Hatch: Making It Easy To Cancel D2C Subscriptions
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, October 8, 2021
A new German law would require a visible "termination" button. Should th ...
- FTC's Slaughter Blasts 'Fundamental Unfairness' Of 'Data Economy'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 4, 2021
The FTC may consider restricting "surveillance advertising" by requiring companies to lim ...
- Former FTC Technologist Soltani To Head California Privacy Agency
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 4, 2021
Privacy advocate and technologist Ashkan Soltani has been tapped to serve ...
- Facebook Asks Court To Throw Out FTC's Revised Antitrust Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 4, 2021
The FTC's amended monopoly complaint "rests on guesswork rather than facts," Facebo ...
- FTC , Florida Halt Subscription Business That Allegedly Swindled Prisoners
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 30, 2021
Inmate Magazine Service promised that subs would hit in 120 days, b ...
- FTC Urged To Ban 'Surveillance Advertising'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 29, 2021
"Surveillance advertising" is unfair to consumers and harms competition by enabling compani ...
- Ad Industry Says $1 Billion For FTC Should Be Accompanied By National Privacy Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 27, 2021
"The U.S. needs both a strong privacy regulator and a rational, comprehensi ...
- FTC Chief Aims To Take On 'Most Significant Actors'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 24, 2021
FTC Chair Lina Khan suggested this week that she plans to devo ...