- Survey Finds Many Americans Don't Understand Online Data Collection
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 9, 2023
Privacy laws that require companies to obtain consumers' consent don't go f ...
- Judge Sides With FTC In Battle Over Fake Reviews
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 7, 2023
The FTC can move forward with a lawsuit alleging that apartment-finding servi ...
- FTC Won't Ask Appeals Court To Block Meta's Purchase Of Supernatural
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 6, 2023
The FTC's decision paves the way for Meta to complete the estimat ...
- GoodRx Fined For Allegedly Sharing Consumer Data With Ad Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 1, 2023
GoodRx has agreed to pay $1.5 million and to refrain from shari ...
- Judge Reportedly Rejects FTC Request To Block Meta's Purchase Of Supernatural
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 1, 2023
A federal judge has rejected the Federal Trade Commission's request to blo ...
- Askin v. Programmatic
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, January 23, 2023
"At some point over the past few decades, we, as a societ ...
- Law Professor Urges FTC To Regulate Ad-Tech
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 19, 2023
Many online ad practices are "unfair, deceptive, and privacy-invasive," writes Brooklyn L ...
- Twitter Sued Over Data Leak That Allegedly Unmasked Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 16, 2023
Twitter duped users and "exposed them to a multitude of harms," ...
- Psychological Association Urges FTC To Regulate Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 13, 2023
The American Psychological Association is backing advocacy groups' request that the F ...
- Biden's Privacy Push Draws Mixed Reaction
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 12, 2023
"There is a lot of opportunity for Democrats and Republicans to wo ...
- Yelp Weighs In With FTC Over Fake Reviews
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 9, 2023
Review platform Yelp is urging the FTC to consider fining anyone involv ...
- Google To Seek New Appeal In Children's Privacy Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 6, 2023
Google will ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider ...
- Court Rekindles Children's Privacy Battle With YouTube, Hasbro, Others
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 28, 2022
A federal appellate panel has revived a class-action complaint by parents ...
- Kochava Urges Judge In Massachusetts To Throw Out Privacy Class-Action
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Mobile data broker Kochava says it can't be sued in Massachusetts becau ...
- TikTok Confirms It Spied On American Journalists
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 22, 2022
ByteDance employees used data collected through TikTok to track locations of t ...
- FTC Releases New Advertising Compliance Guidance For Health Care Products
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 21, 2022
The FTC guidelines are intended to prevent unfair and deceptive practices, simil ...
- Epic Fined $520 Million Over 'Dark Patterns,' Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 19, 2022
Fortnite developer Epic Games will pay a total of $520 million f ...
- FTC Sues To Prevent Microsoft From Purchasing Activision
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 8, 2022
The FTC on Thursday sued Microsoft over its proposed $69 billion purcha ...
- Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Against Twitter Over Ad-Targeting Slip-Up
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 7, 2022
A federal judge dismissed a class-action complaint claiming Twitter violated its contra ...
- FTC 'Grossly Exaggerates' Revelations From Location Data, Kochava Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 5, 2022
"The FTC provides no facts to support its illogical leap that ...
- TikTok Hit With Privacy Lawsuit Over Keystroke Logging
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 29, 2022
"TikTok has secretly amassed massive amounts of highly invasive information and da ...
- 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 ...