Internet, Compliance, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Online Behavioral Advertising Guidelines Go Mobile

Carlton Fields on 10/7/2015

On September 1, the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) began enforcing its guidelines for online behavioral advertising regarding mobile advertising. The DAA, a notfor-profit independent body, develops industry-best practices...more

Consumer Group Asks FTC to Adopt EU’s Right to be Forgotten

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice on 7/30/2015

Last year we wrote about the EU’s adoption of an individual’s “right to be forgotten”, which gives Europeans the right to require search engines to remove information about them from search results for their own names, if the...more

Developing a Meaningful Privacy Policy

Troutman Pepper on 6/11/2014

In May 2014, California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris released recommendations for businesses addressing recent changes and best practices under California’s privacy laws. The guide is entitled “Making Your Privacy...more

Latest FTC Enforcement Action Reflects Agency's Intent to Focus on Emerging Market Involving the "Internet of Things"

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/9/2013

In its first enforcement action against a company operating in the emerging market known as the “Internet of Things”, the FTC has secured a settlement agreement with a company that markets Internet-connected video cameras...more

Federal Trade Commission Issues Revised Guidance On COPPA Rule

Perkins Coie on 8/6/2013

On July 1, 2013 the FTC’s amended COPPA Rule went into effect....more

Are You In Compliance?

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 12/24/2012

Online Privacy Policies for Websites and Mobile Apps - If your company’s website collects personal information from California residents, a California privacy protection law requires you to post a privacy policy on your...more