Topic
data brokers
217 published works
The Data Advisor
GAO and Senate Commerce Committee Release Studies Calling for Increased Oversight and Regulation of “Data Broker” Industry
By Edward Holman, Emily Schlesinger
In recent years, data-driven marketing has spread across numerous sectors of the economy. While the industry provides many benefits and conveniences for consumers by lowering the cost of products and…
Data Counsel
Careful! Your Company May Be a Defacto Data Broker: Are Privacy Regulators Going for Broke(rs) as part of the 2014 Legislative and Privacy Enforcement Agenda?
Concerns about privacy practices in the data broker industry, and the privacy implications about the lack of transparency “behind-the-scenes,” will remain a topic of intense regulatory and legislative focus in…
Inside Privacy
Senate Panel Examines Data Broker Industry; Releases Staff Report
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing entitled, “What Information Do Data Brokers Have on Consumers, and How Do They Use It?” Committee members…
Inside Privacy
Senate Commerce Committee To Examine Data Broker Industry
Tomorrow the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a hearing entitled, “What Information Do Data Brokers Have on Consumers, and How Do They Use It?” According…
Inside Privacy
GAO: Congress Should Consider Strengthening the Current Consumer Privacy Framework
On November 15, 2013, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report entitled Information Resellers: Consumer Privacy Framework Needs to Reflect Changes in Technology and the Marketplace. In the report,…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Senate Commerce Committee Broadens Data Broker Investigation
On September 25, 2013, Senator Jay Rockefeller expanded his investigation of the data broker industry by sending letters to twelve popular health and personal finance websites requesting information about their…
AdLaw By Request®
DMA Not a Supporter of “Reclaim Your Name” Campaign
Back in June, FTC Commissioner Julie Brill unveiled an initiative called, "Reclaim Your Name" at the Computer Freedom and Privacy Conference. Her proposed initiative is directed to the big data…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FTC Sends Warning Letters to Data Brokers Regarding FCRA Violations
On May 7, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it issued letters to ten data broker companies warning that their practices could violate prohibitions against selling consumer information under…
Ad Law Access
FTC Continues FCRA Enforcement Activities: Warning Letters to 10 Data Brokers
By Kelley Drye
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it sent letters to 10 data brokers warning them that their practices may be subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). A…
Technology Law Dispatch
Commissioner Brill to States: Data Brokers Aren’t Going to Regulate Themselves
By Paul Bond, Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill, in a speech Monday at the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Presidential Initiative Summit, urged the states to take a more active role in…