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FTC Hits Path with $800k Fine, Continues to Make Mobile Privacy a Priority

A Fistful of Data: Facebook and Profile Technology, Inc. Showdown Over the Right to Use Outdated User Information

by Jacob Michael Kaufman | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 3/18/2013

As social media matures and users become more concerned about the privacy of the information they publish online, New Zealand-based search engine app company Profile Technology, Inc. and Facebook are engaged in a legal battle...more

Online Interest-Based Advertising Icon to Be Used on Facebook to Give Greater Transparency and Choice Regarding Targeted Ads

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 2/12/2013

On February 4, 2013, the Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program issued a decision that concluded its inquiry into how the online advertising industry's Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Volume 4, Issue 1 -- January/February 2013

by Amanda Bakale, Tiffany Cheung, Jacob Michael Kaufman, J. Alexander Lawrence, Christine E. Lyon, Julie O'Neill, Matthew R Galeotti, Jesse Soslow | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 2/1/2013

In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we explore the challenges that arise when employers and employees battle over work-related social media accounts; we...more

Facebook and Netflix now “in a Relationship”; Obama Signs Bill Updating Video Privacy Law

by Jessica Goldenberg | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 1/24/2013

On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed into law H.R. 6671, an amendment to the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (VPPA) codified at 18 U.S.C. § 2710, which will permit companies, such as Netflix, to obtain advance...more

Consumer Groups Ask FTC to Investigate Facebook-Datalogix Data-Matching Arrangement

by Electronic Privacy Information Center on 9/27/2012

EPIC, joined by the Center for Digital Democracy, has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Facebook's data-matching arrangement with Datalogix violates a settlement between the FTC and Facebook. Facebook...more

Shaking Up the Settlement Process: FTC Reconsiders Whether Companies Can Deny Wrongdoing While Settling Privacy Violation Claims

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 8/27/2012

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced settlements of cases brought against Google and Facebook for alleged privacy violations. The Google settlement drew headlines for being the largest fine ever assessed...more

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