Topic
mobile apps
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Inside Privacy
Federal Trade Commission Releases Report on Mobile Shopping Apps: Finds Insufficient Disclosures to Consumers
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a staff report examining the consumer-protection implications of popular shopping apps. These services are intended to ease and enhance the shopping experience by…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Immigration Mobile App
The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), in partnership with Pro Bono Net and Verizon, are pleased to announce the launch of Immigo, a…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Web analytics in your pocket – Analytics Pro 2 app
Though I don't believe web stats and analytics are any way to measure blogging success, I can't resist the temptation to check my blog's traffic from time to time. I…
Health IT Law Blog
FDA lags behind in regulating torrent of new mobile health apps
So far the FDA has reviewed a total of approximately one hundred mobile health apps since these apps started becoming available – and yet hundreds of new health apps appear…
Technology Law Dispatch
Apps and Data Privacy – New Guidelines from the German DPAs
By Dr. Thomas Fischl, Dr. Alin Seegel
Under the auspices of the Bavarian state data protection authority, the so-called Düsseldorfer Kreis (an association of all German data privacy regulators for the private sector) on June 23 published…
Franchise Law Update
Mobile App Use: Are You Considering the Privacy and Security Risks?
By Mary Therese O'Sullivan, John Gotaskie
Today it seems like there is an application for everything. From banking to shopping, individuals have become accustomed to using mobile applications to perform some of the most privacy sensitive…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
German DPAs Publish App Guidelines and Step Up Enforcement
On June 18, 2014, the German state data protection authorities responsible for the private sector issued guidelines concerning the data protection requirements for app developers and app publishers.
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Privacy Regulators of the World Unite to Conduct “Sweep” of Mobile Apps from 12 May
By Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
This post was written by Kate Brimsted, Mark S. Melodia, Daniel Kadar, Paul Bond and Cynthia O’Donoghue. In the week commencing 12 May, members of the Global Privacy Enforcement Network…
Technology Law Dispatch
Privacy Regulators of the World Unite to Conduct “Sweep” of Mobile Apps from 12 May
By Kate Brimsted, Mark S. Melodia, Daniel Kadar, Paul Bond, Cynthia O’Donoghue
In the week commencing 12 May, members of the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) will conduct an online privacy sweep, focusing on the transparency with which mobile apps collect personal…
Ad Law Access
Snapchat Captured in FTC Enforcement
By Kelley Drye
On May 8, 2014, the FTC announced a settlement with Snapchat resolving allegations that the popular mobile messaging app deceived consumers over the disappearing nature of users “snaps” and made false…