- FTC Announces Alcohol Industry Study
Marketing Daily, - Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Federal Trade Commission plans to launch a study of the alcohol ...
- FTC Pushes Industry To Protect Consumer Privacy
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 8, 2011
David Vladeck, director of the bureau of consumer protection, Federal Trade Commissio ...
- Stearns' Privacy Bill Calls For Self-Regulation, FTC Oversight
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 7, 2011
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) said that he intends to introduce privacy legislati ...
- House Subcommittee Delays Vote To Vacate Neutrality Rules
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Democrats in the House have temporarily succeeded in putting the brakes ...
- PRSA Protests Restrictions On Gov't. Use Of Agencies
Marketing Daily, - Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is urging Congress not ...
- FTC Checking Into Apple's Marketing In-App Purchases To Kids
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Karl Greenberg - Thursday, February 24, 2011
With stories circulating about kids toting up thousands of dollars in bil ...
- FTC Brings First SMS Spam Case
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The Federal Trade Commission has sued an alleged spammer for sending unsolicit ...
- Research Reveals Online Privacy Is Situational: Consumers Concerned With Transparency, Control
Online Media Daily, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The debate surrounding privacy is shaping policies and, potentially even laws, th ...
- FCC Investigates Fox Over WWOR-TV
MediaDailyNews, - Friday, February 18, 2011
he Federal Communications Commission is investigating News Corp.'s Fox to see ...
- Biz Groups: Mandate Will Undercut Self-Reg Program
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 18, 2011
Do-not-track legislation is unnecessary because current industry's self-regulatory program already calls f ...
- CSPI Petitions To Ban Some Caramel Colorings
Marketing Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, February 16, 2011
More not-great news for soda manufacturers, on the heels of last week ...
- GOP Rep Attacks FCC's Open Internet Stance
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Launching an attack on the FCC's open Internet order, a leading G ...
- Franken Chairs New Senate Tech Subcommittee
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 14, 2011
Outspoken Net neutrality proponent Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) will lead a n ...
- Privacy 'Track' Bill Draws Key Support
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 11, 2011
Privacy advocates are cheering an online privacy bill unveiled on Friday th ...
- Lawmaker Readies Do-Not-Track Proposal
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 8, 2011
A new privacy bill that includes authorization for do-not-track regulations could ...
- FCC Proposes Shifting Telephone Subsidies To Broadband
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 7, 2011
In hopes of expanding broadband availability to rural parts of the countr ...
- Ad Nets Ignore Do-Not-Track At Their Own Peril
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The prospect of an easy-to-use browser-based opt-out for behavioral advertising advanced th ...
- Industry Groups Argue Against Regs Based On Fair Information Practice Principles
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 28, 2011
Fair Information Practice Principles are a "useful tool" when analyzing online privac ...
- FCC Says Neutrality Challenge Premature
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 28, 2011
The Federal Communications Commission has asked an appellate court to dismiss challeng ...
- Cookie Monster.com: Jobs Site Lets Users Know When Ads Are Targeted
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 28, 2011
Employment site Monster.com is tweaking its behavioral targeting program by including in- ...
- Burst Taps Evidon For 'You-Are-Being-Tracked' Icons
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Ad network Burst Media has tapped the privacy compliance company Evidon ...
- Sen. Rockefeller Expected To Reintroduce Spectrum Bill
Around the Net In Media, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) is expected to reintroduce a bill ...
- Industry's FOP Label System Draws Heavy Flak
Marketing Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The objections focused on accusations that the initiative amounts to a self-servi ...
- Will Ad Networks Be As Supportive Of Mozilla And Google Do-Not-Track Tools As FTC Is?
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 24, 2011
The Federal Trade Commission is cheering Mozilla's plans for a new featu ...
- Ad Groups Granted Extension To Comment On Do-Not-Track
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 21, 2011
At the request of a coalition of industry groups, the Federal Tra ...
- Verizon: FCC Neutrality Regulations An 'Abuse'
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 20, 2011
Following through on its threat to challenge net neutrality rules in cour ...
- ANA to Advertisers: Self-Regulate Or Feds Will
Around the Net In Media, Fern Siegel - Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Association of National Advertisers delivered a wake-up call to its membe ...
- Digital Advertising Alliance Icons Move Forward With TRUSTe
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 20, 2011
The ad industry's self-regulatory privacy initiative is advancing this week, with addition ...
- GAO: FDA Needs More Probe Power Re Certain Claims
Marketing Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, January 18, 2011
A new study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office concludes that t ...
- ANA Urges Self-Regulation On Online Behavioral Ads
Marketing Daily, Karl Greenberg - Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The ANA action comes a month and a half after the F ...