Topic
Location Data
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New Media and Technology Law Blog
FTC Blog Post Highlights Regulatory Focus on Collection of Location and Health Data
On July 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published “Location, health, and other sensitive information: FTC committed to fully enforcing the law against illegal use and sharing of highly…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
The NAI’s Precise Location Information Solution Provider Voluntary Enhanced Standards: What You Need to Know
By Odia Kagan
The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), an industry trade group that develops self-regulatory standards for online advertising, has released its Precise Location Information Solution Provider Voluntary Enhanced Standards. The new standards…
New Media and Technology Law Blog
Senator Warren Introduces Bill to Ban the Sale of Location and Health Data
On June 15, 2022, Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill, cosponsored by a host of other Democratic and independent Senators, the “Health and Location Data Protection Act of 2022,” which,…
Ad Law Access
Complaint Urges FTC to Investigate the Location Data Industry
By Jessica Rich
There’s a “request for investigation” pending at the FTC that some of our readers might have missed. The April 12 complaint, filed by Georgetown Law professor Laura Moy on behalf…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Attorneys General to Increase Enforcement Efforts on “Dark Patterns”
On January 24, 2022, a group of state attorneys general announced their commitment to ramp up enforcement work on "dark patterns" that are used to ascertain consumers' location data.
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Does Google Protect the Privacy of Your Data Location? Maybe Not!
By Peter Vogel
The Washingtonpost.com reported that “Attorneys general from…the District of Columbia, Texas, Washington and Indiana, allege the company made misleading promises about its users’ ability to protect their privacy through Google…
eDiscovery Bytes
#CaseoftheWeek Episode 2: Geofence Location Data
Season 2, Episode 2 of #CaseoftheWeek tackles Geofence warrants, and the matter we are analyzing is In the Matter of the Search of Info that is Stored at the Premises…
The Right Coast
A Catholic priest resigned after a news site used cell phone location data to track him HotAir
Yesterday a Catholic new site called the Pillar published a story which resulted in the resignation of Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, the General Secretary of the US Conference of Bishops. Here…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Location Data Results in Resignation of High-Profile Church Official
Location data is data that marks the longitude/latitude location of a smartphone or other device at a particular time, or over a period of time. It works like this: each…
Allens Insights
Federal Court makes landmark decision on data transparency
By Allens
Send me your location, [but] let's focus on communicating 8 min read As put by singer Khalid, when you ask someone to 'send me your location', you might now need…