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Data Collection › Internet

News & Analysis as of May 24, 2013

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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Internet Regulation and Data Privacy in China

by Thomas M. Shoesmith | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/24/2013

China is the world’s second largest economy, with an annual growth rate of more than eight percent and a rapidly growing middle class. Foreign investment into China routinely exceeds US$100 billion a year. Businesses from all...more

Jeff Ifrah

Web Analytics Firm Settles FTC Charges Over Intrusive Data Tracking

by Jeff Ifrah on 3/12/2013

The Federal Trade Commission recently announced that it has approved a final order settling charges against Compete, Inc., a Boston-based web analytics company. Compete, Inc. sells reports on consumer browsing behavior to...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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

Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security

FTC Issues Recommendations on Mobile Data Disclosures, Urges Mobile Industry To Act

by David Munkittrick | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 2/8/2013

Data use and sharing disclosures on mobile devices need work, the FTC said in a staff report released last week. The report recommends ways that actors in the mobile marketplace—such as mobile operating system providers,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Privacy, Data Security and Internet Safety Alert: Tough New EU Data Protection Proposals Edge Closer

by James Drury-Smith, Kolvin Stone | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/7/2013

On Jan. 10, 2013, Jan Philipp Albrecht, the European Parliament’s Rapporteur, presented his report on the European Commission’s proposals for a new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). With his recommendations, data...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security

Data Privacy Day 2013 Post #3 — Look out for the Maryland Privacy Police!

by Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/29/2013

Maryland’s Attorney General, Douglas Gansler, announced today that Maryland has a new Internet Privacy Unit to monitor the data collection practices of online companies. According to the Attorney General’s press release, the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

FTC Updates Rule for Children’s Online Privacy Protection

by Han (Jason) Yu | McDermott Will & Emery on 1/18/2013

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recently updated the rule for children’s online privacy protection, expanding a business’s obligations and accountability for online data collection activities....more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Web-tracking Software Company Settles FTC Charges on Personal Data

by Kenneth Luer | Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 11/6/2012

A web analytics company, Compete Inc., has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it violated federal law by using its web-tracking software to collect consumers’ personal data without sufficient...more

Mintz Levin - Corporate & Securities

Privacy and Security Alert: FTC's Focus on Internet Advertising: A Recap of the Town Hall and What to Watch For

by Mintz Levin - Corporate & Securities on 11/26/2007

On November 1st and 2nd, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a 2-day workshop "to address the consumer protection issues raised by the practice of tracking consumers' activities online to target advertising - or...more

Mintz Levin - Communications

FTC's Focus on Internet Advertising: A Recap of the "Town Hall" and What to Watch For

by Mintz Levin - Communications on 11/26/2007

On November 1st and 2nd, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a 2-day workshop “to address the consumer protection issues raised by the practice of tracking consumers’ activities online to target advertising – or...more

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