Topic
Tracking Technologies
101 published works
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
How Do I Track Thee? Let Me Count The Ways.
California law soon may require commercial websites that collect personal data to disclose how they respond to "Do Not Track" signals from Web browsers. AB 370, an amendment to the California…
Inside Privacy
FTC Approves $22.5 Million Consent Decree to Settle Charges that Google Bypassed Safari Users’ Privacy Settings
Today the Federal Trade Commission has announced its approval of a consent decree to settle charges that Google misrepresented to users of Apple's Safari browser that it would not place tracking “cookies”…
Inside Privacy
Court Dismisses CFAA, Trespass Claims Against Amazon
By Brian Ryoo The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington recently dismissed in part an online privacy lawsuit alleging that Amazon “circumvented” browser privacy controls in…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Website Operators With U.K. Directed Websites or Web Pages Now Subject to “Cookie Law”
Websites for European companies with European visitors, or non-European companies that are directed at European users, must now inform users of any tracking technology used on the website, and the…
Technology Law Dispatch
The Article 29 Working Party tells two online advertising groups that their proposed code of conduct for data tracking is still not satisfactory and is contrary to EU privacy laws
The Article 29 Working Party has again told two online advertising groups, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (“IAB”) and the European Advertising Standards Alliance (“EASA”), that their proposed code of conduct…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Carrier IQ Captures Cell and Internet Usage from Millions without Approval
By Peter Vogel
A researcher recently found that Carrier IQ software is secretly installed on most modern Android, BlackBerry, and Nokia phones. Android developer’s Trevor Eckert’s 17 minute video demonstrates how that Carrier…
Food Safety News
PETNet to Track Bad Pet Food
After contaminated pet foods killed more than 8,500 U.S. cats and dogs in 2007, the Food and Drug Administration and its federal and state health partners decided they needed improved…
Inside Privacy
iPhone Application Litigation Complaint Amended; “Application” Defendants Dropped
Yesterday, Plaintiff’s counsel filed a consolidated, amended complaint [PDF] in In re iPhone Application Litigation, which includes as defendants only Apple and a group of "Tracking Defendants" (Admob, Flurry, MobClix, Pinch…
Proskauer on Privacy
Update: Internet Advertising Groups Launch Self-Regulation Program
Updating previous reports, a consortium of internet advertising trade groups recently launched a self-regulatory program which adopts a universal icon to inform consumers when advertisements are targeted as a result of…
Proskauer on Privacy
Consumer Advocates Target Online Behavioral Advertising: Broad Regulation Threatens to Impede Delivery of Relevant Advertising and Business Models for Free Online Content
The ongoing debate over online behavioral targeting is significant not only because such targeting enables consumers to receive ads that are more relevant and useful to them, but as the…