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Data Gathering
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All About Advertising Law
Federal Trade Commission Looks at “The Big Picture”
By Julia Kernochan Tama, Emilio W. Cividanes, Stuart P. Ingis
Carrying out a plan announced earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) convened a day-long public workshop on “The Big Picture: Comprehensive Online Data Collection” on December 6, 2012. …
ContractsProf Blog
Profile Tech Falls Out with Facebook and Sues for Breach
Chris Claydon, the ManagingDirector of a New Zealand based company, Profile Technology, Ltd. (Profile Tech.),has brought suit against the social networking giant, Facebook, allegingbreach of contract, interference with business relationships,…
Ad Law Access
FTC Settlement Targets Web-Tracking Company
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Compete Inc., a web analytics company, agreed to settle allegations that it engaged in unfair and deceptive practices by collecting personal data without…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Rakhal Gaitonde on Pregnancy Registration System in Tamil Nadu, India
Rakhal Gaitonde (Society forCommunity Health Awareness, Research and Action) has posted Registrationand Monitoring of Pregnant Women in Tamil Nadu, India: A Critique on SSRN.Here is the abstract:In 2008 a pregnancyregistration…
Inside Privacy
FTC Schedules December 6 Workshop On Data Collection By Large Platform Providers
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it will host a public workshop on December 6 to discuss the privacy issues raised by the collection of data about consumers’ online…
Technology Law Dispatch
Ad Networks Called Upon to Justify and Limit Data Collection Efforts
By Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
This post was written by Frederick Lah. Data collection, especially in the context of Do Not Track is an important issue. The FTC has said that an effective Do Not…
AdLaw By Request®
FTC Calling On Ad Networks to Limit and Justify Data Collection
The issue of data collection is an important one in online privacy, particularly as it applies to ad networks. This issue is especially contentious in the context of Do Not…
The Rainmaker Blog
How Consumers Choose an Attorney: Information Gathering
The new LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Attorney Selection Research Study was just released yesterday and is something every attorney needs to review. It is chock full of interesting findings from an in-depth…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: From Fingerprints to DNA: Biometric Data Collection in U.S. Immigrant Communities and Beyond by Jennifer Lynch
From Fingerprints to DNA: Biometric Data Collection in U.S. Immigrant Communities and BeyondbyJennifer Lynch (Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)) Abstract: The collection of biometrics — such as fingerprints, DNA, and face recognition-ready…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
FTC Issues COPPA Supplemental Notice Amending Previously Proposed Rule
On August 1, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking which proposes several changes to its previously released proposed Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA")…