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FTC Announces Mobile Privacy Enforcement Action, Issues Mobile Privacy Staff Report

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/11/2013

On February 1, the FTC announced that it is requiring a social networking application company to pay $800,000 and make certain compliance enhancements to resolve allegations that the firm (i) misled and deceived users by...more

The FTC and California’s Attorney General Recommend Detailed New Privacy Practices and Disclosures for Entities Operating in the...

by K.C. Halm, Bob Scott | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/11/2013

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and California Attorney General’s office each recently issued detailed guidance for providers of mobile platforms, apps, ad networks, and their trade associations....more

FTC Releases Guidance on Mobile Privacy Best Practices; Enters Into $800K Consent Order with Path

by Paul Bond, John Feldman, Christine Nielsen | Reed Smith on 2/4/2013

The FTC guidance released February 1 is Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency: A Federal Trade Commission Staff Report. In Mobile Privacy Disclosures, the FTC as the primary federal regulator on...more

FTC Updates To Online Privacy Acts, COPPA And VPPA

by Gina Ilardi | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/4/2013

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) was enacted to place parents in control over what information is collected, used and disclosed from young children online. COPPA applies to operators of commercial...more

FTC Announces New COPPA Enforcement Action & Mobile Privacy Staff Report

by Craig Hoffman | BakerHostetler on 2/4/2013

Authorship credit: Michael Young At a press conference this morning, outgoing FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz announced an $800,000 settlement of its recent enforcement action against Path, the operator of a social networking...more

FTC Revamps COPPA Rule

by Jeremy M. Mittman | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 2/4/2013

Two and a half years after initiating a review of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (the “Rule”), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on December 19, 2012 that the Rule will be amended to clarify...more

FTC Strengthens Laws To Protect Children’s Privacy

by Sharon Klein, Angelo Stio III, Brian Zurich | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 1/7/2013

On December 19, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made major changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) for the first time in nearly 15 years, by significantly amending the Children’s Online...more

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