As a result, the FTC announced that “Google has agreed to a Consent Order that prohibits it from seeking injunctions against a willing licensee, either in federal court or at the ITC, to block the use of any standard-essential patents that the...
Google Play, YouTube police (YouTube) content before it is put online as long as it informs users that posting television shows, music videos, concerts or advertisements without prior consent of the owner is not allowed.
In light of the recent consent order with Facebook, which resulted from the complaint brought by EPIC and other consumer privacy groups, it is critically important for the FTC to look closely at this proposal and to determine whether the company...
EPIC sued Google earlier this month, claiming Google’s new policy violated a consent order Google signed with the FTC last year. Even as users remain ignorantly blissful, last-ditch efforts continue to prevent Google’s new privacy policy from being...
EPIC alleges that the changes to Google’s privacy policies, which will allow Google to combine user data across all of its properties “without user consent,” violates a consent order Google signed with the FTC last year related to Google Buzz.
We will not combine DoubleClick cookie information with personally identifiable information unless we have your opt-in consent. In order to offer you a more consistent and personalized experience in your interactions with Microsoft, information...
Google also won't "combine DoubleClick cookie information with personally identifiable information unless we have your opt-in consent. The big change: Google clearly states that it will combine information from signed-in users from one product to...
The FTC order calls for audits of Facebook's privacy program for the next 20 years, and requires the company to obtain express affirmative consent from users before altering their privacy preferences in the future.
Google "will have to "obtain express affirmative consent" from users before sharing with any third parties. We'll receive an independent review of our privacy procedures once every two years, and we'll ask users to give us affirmative consent...
Last week he put Quickware in its intitial, now entirely noncompliant with TOS format, as Quickware Alts Pro, designed specifically to do exactly what RedZone was busted for in the first place- scan people without their knowledge or consent and...
In order to get consent, you'd have to get consent for every single potential alt account -- because the alt matching is not infallible (by any means), and zFire (as evidenced above) has no intention of doing that.
You know, the database of over 8 million (that's zFire's figure, and quoted in the JIRA copy) of people it has already scanned previously without their knowledge or consent. How about giving users fair warning by greeting them with a large, clear...
Don't worry too much, there's an "implied consent" clause. Sending without consent: This isn't just bad for business, it's actually illegal -- yet I still occasionally receive unsolicited marketing e-mails from largish companies.
Affirmative express consent" seems to be the new catchphrase, but it could soon be changed to "interest-based advertising" if Google has any influence. See John Andrews' post for a good explanation of the way that Google will try to block cookie...
Theft - The act in which property belonging to another is taken without that person's consent. Shooting - The act of firing a weapon in order to hit, wound, or kill someone or something. No, this isn't the latest update of Google Maps Guide to...
I did not consent to it doing the blocking on my behalf, which is what it did. In short order, Google asked me if I wanted to make it both my default search provider and notify me if something tries to change that:
I think that without very clear consent from the customer, that would be an unauthorized interception of your communications, and therefore a felony. PDF) asks for the FTC to: order AOL to refrain from collecting or storing logs of its users...
Consent Order for Violations Of Section 25110 Of The California Corp. Cease and Decist Order from the SEC We've learned from an SEC 8-K filing that the Securities and Exchange Commission will not pursue a case against Google regarding the pre-IPO...
Microsoft, Adobe and some other web sites had pages removed from Google without their consent, due to a bug with Google's page removal tool. How about using search engine counts to decide if secondhand smoke is an issue to order a mother not to...
La.final consent judgment entered Aug. The judge felt Welles had a legitimate reason to use them in order to describe herself, and importantly, to catalog her web site properly with search engines. Is it illegal to use trademarked terms in your...
