The FTC’s Proposed Rule Banning Deceptive Reviews and Testimonials
Podcast - Influenciadores y Publicidad
Podcast - The FTC Takes Action Against Old Southern Brass for False "Made in the USA" Claims
AD Nauseam: A Different Type of Imposter Syndrome
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 12 – Telemarketing and Texting
The Briefing: Navigating the Legal Risks for Brands in Social Media Marketing – Part 2 (Podcast)
The Briefing: Navigating the Legal Risks for Brands in Social Media Marketing – Part 2
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 11 – State Attorney General Investigations
The Briefing: Navigating the Legal Risks for Brands in Social Media Marketing - Part 1
The Briefing: Navigating the Legal Risks for Brands in Social Media Marketing - Part 1 (Podcast)
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Federal Trade Commission: Looking Back at 2023 and Looking Ahead to 2024 and Beyond
AD Nauseam: The Best Podcast (Fact or Puffery?)
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 9 – Copyright Counseling and Protection
The FTC Takes a Closer Look at Blurred Advertising to Children
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 8 – Social Media, Influencers, and Endorsements
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 7 – Payment Processing
AD Nauseam: AI – We Had to Discuss it Eventually – Part 2
Ad Law Tool Kit Show – Episode 5 – Surviving an FTC Investigation
AD Nauseam: AI – We Had to Discuss it Eventually
As consumer habits evolve, new media channels emerge. Before the internet, brand media budgets were split between traditional media like print newspapers and magazines, radio, television, and out-of-home billboards....more
The continued growth and dominance of e-commerce has ushered in a new frontier for businesses. In response to the progressive evolution from brick-and-mortar marketplaces to the current e-commerce dominant landscape,...more
Following -by a day- a privacy-related claim challenge brought against another advertiser, the National Advertising Division found that advertiser DuckDuckGo had sufficiently substantiated its privacy claims. These cases are...more
The Children’s Advertising Review Unit recently settled with TickTalk Tech, LLC over its information collection practices. CARU, a self-regulatory body that reaches voluntary settlements with companies, conducts regular...more
MoviePass, a service formerly known for offering moviegoers unlimited movie tickets for ten dollars a month, is returning from bankruptcy with a new business model: trading ad views for “credits” used to redeem tickets....more
Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: Not Just Fun and Games: Angry Birds Allegedly...more
‘Blessing Loom’ Club Just a Pyramid in Drag? FTC says BINT was fleecing participants while demanding vows of silence - Migraines in No Time - There are all sorts of new-agey trappings that accompany the “Blessing Loom” known...more
CARU Pats Unity Technologies on Back, Sends It on Its Way - Inquiry into possible COPPA violations finds the company clean as a whistle - Kumbaya - Normally our newsletter is filled with reports of chicanery,...more
As of this week, Apple’s requirements for apps to follow its AppTrackingTransparency are now in effect. These requirements went hand-in-hand with the iOS 14.5 launch, and impacts how an app can track users and access their...more
New apps and app updates submitted to Apple's App Store on or after December 8, 2020 must include new privacy information before they can be published in the App Store. Referred to as a privacy "nutrition label", app...more
In August, Viacom and a number of other app developers and ad-tech companies reached a settlement with parents who had alleged that the companies were illegally selling children’s personal information for behavioral...more
When Apple announced that one of the major focuses of iOS 14 would be enhancing user privacy, many in the tech community had questions. How would these changes be rolled out? How would they affect not only the mobile...more
This past week, the operator of the popular Weather Channel (“TWC”) mobile phone app entered into a Stipulation of Settlement with the Los Angeles City Attorney, Mike Feuer (“City Attorney”), closing the books on one of the...more
Klepto Cats and Dogs have been “stealing” children’s personal information without parental consent and using it for targeted advertising. Bad dog! Well, almost. HyperBeard, Inc., a developer of apps popular with children...more
Arguably not. Some privacy advocates and plaintiffs’ attorneys have argued that the CCPA’s broad definition of the term “sell” might encompass the transmission of user information from an App to an AdTech partner. ...more
On Thursday, March 5, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Kids Internet Design and Safety (KIDS) Act, which aims to create protections for online users under the age of 16 by limiting...more
The first months of 2019 have seen several key developments in the world of children’s privacy. There have been major enforcement actions, new legislative proposals, and new best practices and guidance issued, both in the...more
Two digital advertising companies, Adbrain and Exponential Interactive, were cited in recent decisions by the Better Business Bureau’s Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program (OIBAAP) for not complying with...more
While most people are vaguely aware, even if they are in denial, that their browsers give advertisers access to their search histories, they are probably unaware that information is being sold or given to third parties via...more
BART’s App Crashes Into Privacy Suit - San Francisco’s mass transit organization crashed into a class action in which the plaintiff alleged that its mobile app has been illegally collecting personal information from users....more
In October, the Digital Advertising Alliance announced that it will commence enforcement of its guidance on cross-device tracking on February 1, 2017. Although the DAA published the guidance in November of 2015, it has...more
Bluetooth beacons can be a powerful tool for customer engagement. The 2015 holiday season saw retailers experimenting with this kind of proximity marketing, and 2016 is looking like it will see the large-scale deployment of...more
Recently in United States v. InMobi Pte Ltd., the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) set a new standard for geolocational tracking. The FTC told app developers and app marketers one simple rule: honor consumers location privacy...more
The FTC announced a settlement on Wednesday with mobile advertising company, InMobi Pte Ltd., concerning allegations that the company deceptively tracked the geolocation of hundreds of millions of unknowing consumers,...more
The vast majority of courts confronted with “free app” cases under the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) have dismissed those claims. A recent First Circuit decision, however, signals a change in that trend. ...more