Consumer Watchdog Challenges FTC’s Safari-Tracking Settlement with Google
Represented by prominent Silicon Valley antitrust attorney (and former Microsoft nemesis) Gary Reback, Consumer Watchdog has asked the judge overseeing the FTC’s $22.5 million Safari-tracking...
View ArticleCourt Approves FTC’s $22.5 Million Fine for Google’s Circumvention of...
Despite a challenge from Consumer Watchdog, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston has approved the Federal Trade Commission’s settlement of charges that Google violated the terms of an earlier FTC...
View ArticleCalifornia Amends Online Privacy Law to Require Disclosure of “Do Not Track”...
With Gov. Jerry Brown’s September 27, 2013 signature of Assembly Bill 370, which amends California’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”), California has enacted the nation’s first law — state or...
View ArticleMicrosoft Says Internet Explorer 10 Will Set “Do Not Track” by Default
Microsoft announced in tandem blog posts today that “Do Not Track” (DNT) will be the default setting in Internet Explorer 10. According to Chief Privacy Officer Brendon Lynch, We’ve made today’s...
View ArticleFTC Fines Google $22.5 Million for Circumventing Safari’s Default...
Our digital ecosystem has generated a host of issues involving personal privacy rights, from the security of email and social media accounts to GPS surveillance and online behavioral tracking. Online...
View ArticleDigital Privacy & Security Update (Oct. 19, 2012)
A non-random sampling of recent developments in digital privacy & security . . . . Cybersecurity. White House reportedly finds no evidence of spying by Huawei (Jay Greene/Oct. 17, 2012/CNET) Canada...
View ArticleDigital Privacy & Security Update (Oct. 26, 2012)
A non-random sampling of recent developments in digital privacy & security . . . . Data breach. Burrows v. Purchasing Power, LLC, No. 1:12-cv-22800-UU (S.D. Fla. Oct. 18, 2012) The Southern...
View ArticleDigital Privacy & Security Update (Nov. 3, 2012)
A non-random sampling of recent developments in digital privacy & security . . . . Online tracking. Mobile Device Location Data: Additional Federal Actions Could Help Protect Consumer Privacy...
View ArticleDigital Privacy & Security Update (Nov. 9, 2012)
A non-random sampling of recent developments in digital privacy & security . . . . Online tracking. Yahoo, Microsoft Tiff Highlights the Epic Failure of ‘Do Not Track’ (Scott Gilbertson/Oct. 29,...
View ArticleDigital Privacy & Security Update (Nov. 25, 2012)
A non-random sampling of recent developments in digital privacy & security . . . . Online tracking. More Companies Are Tracking Online Data, Study Finds (Natasha Singer/Nov. 12, 2012/New York...
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