Also, Google was fined $22.5 million last year by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for tracking Safari browser users. At the time, Google reported that the data collection was a mistake. Google representatives said the collection came when a...
The FTC is concerned that the amount of data collected might be enough to build up significant profiles of children and their behavior. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a report on mobile apps for children that criticizes their...
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.
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 companies as illustrated in the FTC image?
As we reported last week, lawmakers are pushing for an FTC investigation into Facebook’s privacy and data collection practices. The patent refers numerous times to “action log 160,” a collection of user data collected not only through their...
Seems auditing Google's privacy policies and actions is becoming a popular demand these days, only months after the FTC required Google to submit to bi annual audits a privacy watchdog is demanding the same be done with Canada.
Google escaped an FTC investigation without incurring any penalties, but now they face a new investigation from the Federal Communications Commission over data they collected off unencrypted wireless networks with their Street View cars.
Google escaped an FTC investigation without incurring any penalties, but now they face a new investigation from the Federal Communications Commission over data they collected off unencrypted wireless networks with their Street View cars, The Wall...
Google-Yahoo Japan Deal May Face FTC Scrutiny By Danny Goodwin Google Stops Street View Data Collection After Canada, Spain Complaints By Danny Goodwin Hey, Facebook, stop being careless, stop being sloppy, and stop giving out all our data.
How deeply this will be allowed has yet to be determined, though the FTC is already considering strengthening protections for collection of data from children. Seems the happy ending desired for Google searchers is an ad-appropriate-laden...
According to our source, "at least 10 statutes indicate that Google may have been breaking the law," meaning that an FTC or DOJ investigation could be in the works. After acknowledging it has been snooping and collecting private data through its...
UPDATE: Consumer Watchdog group have asked the FTC to investigate. An even more annoying stance as the blog then goes on to reveal that the code allowing collection of such payload data was being used despite all better judgement and against...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has updated their online behavioral ad policy. A Leibowitz-Led FTC May Strengthen Spotlight on Digital Ads We May Not Need Standards But FTC, FCC Want To Gives Us Regulations
We May Not Need Standards But FTC, FCC Want To Gives Us Regulations Personally, I wish the search engines would do a better job of informing the public about how their data collection really isn't the privacy issue that so many make it out to be.
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.
Google Responds to FTC's Self-Regulatory Principles A majority of U.S.adults are uncomfortable about search engine data collection practices, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive.are uneasy about the ads that are based on search...
Google Responds to FTC's Self-Regulatory PrinciplesWhen concerns over data collection and behavioral advertising arise, it seems that the glass half empty people are the loudest. But in a recent response to the FTC's Self-Regulatory Principles...
But in a recent response to the FTC's Self-Regulatory Principles, Google has pointed out the impact that online advertising has had on the economy. The FTC staff's draft self-regulatory principles for online behavioral advertising provides an...
Danny linked to a couple of articles in his post: Clickfraud: Whose Problem, FTC, Search Engines Or Advertisers? On the heels of today's SearchDay article: Search Memories, some of you might enjoy reminsicing about the "early days" by taking a look...
Search engines are complying with FTC guidelines about disclosure of paid inclusion, but it could be that FTC may tighten those rules in the future. British Pathe is offering free access to a digitized collection of more than 12 million historic...
