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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FTC diagnoses common digital practices as both UDAP and breach

In a groundbreaking decision, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it was diagnosing GoodRx’s use of tracking pixel codes and analytics, its digital strategy, as not only an unfair or deceptive act or abusive practice...more

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The Future of Privacy Regulation

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U.S. privacy law is undergoing dramatic change on an accelerating pace. New laws across the country address specific industries, certain kinds of data, and various concerning practices. There is international pressure to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Social Media Regulation: Advertising, Marketing and the FTC

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Holland & Knight hosted Michael Ostheimer, a senior attorney for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for a webinar presentation on Oct. 17, 2019. Mr. Ostheimer has been with the FTC for nearly three decades, currently serving...more

Lathrop GPM

Facebook Settles FTC Privacy Complaint for Billions: What Your Business Needs to Know

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Facebook agreed today to settle FTC charges that its privacy practices violated a 2012 Consent Order. Businesses should expect increased scrutiny of their own privacy practices as a result. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Socially Aware - Volume 6, Issue 1 - January/February 2015

In This Issue: - Good Rep: Social Media Assets in M&A Transactions - Narrow Vision: Did Anti-Glass Hysteria Contribute to the Demise of Google Glass? - Forced to Cyber-Spy: Court Rules Parents Can Be Held...more

K&L Gates LLP

Social Media: 10 Fundamental Questions All Businesses Should Consider About Their Online Presence

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Twenty years ago, the social media world we now live in was the stuff of science fiction. Today, social media is a critical business tool creating unprecedented opportunities for direct consumer interaction, brand awareness,...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Backlash Over Facebook Timeline Experiment Serves as a Reminder: User Expectations Still Trump Fine Print

If you are one of the approximately 1.3 billion people who use Facebook, you’ve likely experienced the phenomenon where a single event (like Luiz Suarez biting that Italian guy or pretty much anything involving TSA) manages...more

McDermott Will & Emery

FTC Enforces Facebook Policies to Stop Jerk

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently accused the operator of www.Jerk.com (Jerk) of misrepresenting to users the source of the personal content that Jerk used for its purported social networking website and the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Social Networking for Jerks: FTC Goes After Site for Scraping Facebook Content

In the 1979 Carl Reiner film The Jerk, a new phonebook is delivered and Steve Martin, playing the title character, rejoices that “I'm somebody now! Millions of people look at this book every day! This is the kind of...more

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