Life Unlocked? FTC and 35 State Attorneys General Ding LifeLock, Inc. for...
Brendon Tavelli On March 9, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission and 35 state attorneys general announced a negotiated settlement with LifeLock, Inc. and its co-founders, Richard Todd Davis and Robert J....
View ArticleNever Make a Promise You Can’t Keep- Especially in Your Privacy Policy
Kevin Khurana Expect the unexpected from your Web site privacy policy. In a handful of cases, including two which were recently decided, companies have been thwarted in various, unexpected ways by the...
View ArticleCOPPA Violations? Cop a Settlement for $3 Million
Kevin Khurana Playdom, Inc., an online game company owned by Disney Enterprises, Inc., and Playdom’s Chief Executive Officer, Howard Marks (the “Defendants”), agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges...
View ArticleThe FTC Has Your Back, Even When It’s Naked: FTC Orders P2P Program’s Default...
Kevin Khurana On October 12, 2011, the FTC announced that it, along with Frostwire LLC and FrostWire’s managing member, Angel Leon, (collectively, “FrostWire”), agreed to a stipulated final order for...
View ArticlePeek-A-Boo The FTC Sees You: A Need to Know for Members of the Kids App...
Chandi Abeygunawardana Whether your six year old has hijacked your iPad again to rediscover the inexplicable joy of flinging birds with a finger activated slingshot or to harness her mighty math powers...
View ArticleFTC Releases Recommendations for Business and Policymakers
Kevin Khurana On March 26, 2012, the FTC released its final report titled “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations for Business and Policymakers.” The report reflects...
View ArticleFTC Releases General Guidelines for Mobile Application Developers
Kevin Khurana Months after the FTC released its final report titled “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations for Business and Policymakers,” (which we blogged about), it...
View ArticlePrivacy Advocates and ISPs Spar over Targeted Ads
The Federal Communication Commission’s (the “FCC”) landmark decision last year to reclassify Internet service providers (“ISPs”) as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934...
View ArticleConsumer Review Fairness Act Taking Effect
The Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA) began to take effect yesterday, March 14, 2017. One aim of the CRFA is to protect consumers’ ability to publicly review services and vendors without being...
View ArticleA Year in Review: FTC Data Privacy Actions and its Impacts on 2017 and Beyond
Whether it means taking a prominent role shaping data security for the Internet of Things, or addressing high profile breaches, the FTC has adopted an active position in policing data privacy and...
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