Hell, the FTC even updated its guidelines to include blogger reviews and The Huffington Post (remember, it's a blog) just won The Pulitzer Prize. Remember the FTC requires site owners to disclose any affiliation with a product they are reviewing.
After the conclusion of the FTC investigation, Google voluntarily made changes to some of its practices, including how it handles search and patent issues and agreeing not to sue willing licensees over standard essential patents.
It informs apps developers that the FTC is launching non-public investigations into whether some "entities in the mobile app marketplace" are violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a...
Will the FTC act, even if EPIC’s appeal is denied? EPIC sued Google earlier this month, claiming Google’s new policy violated a consent order Google signed with the FTC last year. District Judge Amy Jackson didn’t agree, and basically told EPIC it...
Fla.and two watchdog groups – Consumer Watchdog and the Electronic Privacy Information Center – began pushing the FTC to investigate whether Google violated a privacy settlement the FTC signed with Google last year.
In August 2011, W3 Innovations, LLC, doing business under the less-than-encouraging moniker Broken Thumbs, settled with the FTC on charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC’s COPPA Rule by illegally...
At that time, they told V3, "While we take no position on the ultimate legality of Google's practices under the anti-trust laws and the FTC Act, we believe these concerns warrant a thorough investigation by the FTC.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC) “… said his group is considering filing a letter with the FTC. Such social networks therefore act as a “filter bubble...
Senators Herb Cole and Mike Lee told V3, “While we take no position on the ultimate legality of Google's practices under the anti-trust laws and the FTC Act, we believe these concerns warrant a thorough investigation by the FTC.
While we take no position on the ultimate legality of Google's practices under the anti-trust laws and the FTC Act, we believe these concerns warrant a thorough investigation by the FTC," they said. Two US senators have asked the Federal Trade...
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.
The Identity Ecosystem, The FTC and You. Here is a draft from the FTC of how it sees your role in the data collection process. However, is your data, where you go online, how you interact, what you do better kept with private marketing and media...
We believe that an investigation of Facebook tracking its users even after they log out falls within the FTC's mandate as stipulated in Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act with respect to protecting Americans from 'unfair and deceptive...
The FTC is authorized (but not required) to establish a "do-not-e-mail" registry. The CAN-SPAM Act prohibits the use of deceptive subject lines and false headers. Laws are still catching up with the technology, but you should be aware of the CAN...
Google CEO Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple's Board of Directors earlier today, but the move is not enough to call off an ongoing FTC investigation. In reaction to the news, the FTC released a statement by Bureau of Competition Director Richard...
Last year, they settled with the FTC for $2.9 million in alleged CAN-SPAM and FTC violations. The judge threw out the case because he said the federal CAN-SPAM Act took precedent over a state law barring false commercial emails.
At issue is Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, which has a provision against "interlocking directorates. Under the Act, it's only a problem if the two companies in more than 2% of either companies' sales.
We May Not Want Standards But FTC May Give Us SomeThe standards debate may be in full swing in our industry - but the decisions may be soon taken out of our hands if the FTC continues to define allowable advertising practices.
As the FTC moves closer to a decision on the deal, the executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy hosted a press conference showcasing privacy advocates. SEW Experts: Think Local, Act SocialMichael Boland asks what bars, lawyers...
Or to criticize his use of an FTC judgment as an analogy for Google's policies. Matt Cutts (who increasingly seems to act as a spokesperson for all search engines on this matter) continued to provide the standard party line we've heard coming out...
