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Article | 22/07/2011 Commerce Department will push privacy codes of conduct
U.S. privacy codes of conduct drafted by businesses, consumers and privacy advocates working together will work better than government regulation or l...
Article | 21/07/2011 House panel approves data breach notification bill
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee has voted to approve a bill that would require companies to notify affected customers about data breaches...
Article | 15/07/2011 Study: Ad networks not honoring do-not-track promises
Some online advertising networks continue to track Web users after tracking opt-out requests, even though the networks have promised to honor those qu...
Article | 30/06/2011 Senators push for privacy, data security legislation
Democratic members of a Senate committee promised Wednesday to push hard for new online privacy protections and for legislation that would require com...
Article | 24/06/2011 Report: US FTC preparing to serve subpoenas to Google
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is preparing to serve subpoenas to Google as a first step in a broad antitrust investigation of the search engine an...
Article | 14/06/2011 Privacy groups push for U.S. Facebook probe
The privacy flap over Facebook's new facial recognition service has gained some momentum.
Article | 11/06/2011 FTC settles with DVD seller over fake reviews
A company marketing guitar and other instructional DVDs will pay US$250,000 for allegedly fake reviews posted by the company's affiliate marketers, th...
Article | 10/06/2011 FTC settles with online retailer that faked UK location
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with a California-based Web retailer that allegedly deceived U.K. customers into believing ...
Article | 20/05/2011 Senators: New smartphone tracking law needed
The U.S. Congress needs to pass new laws to protect smartphone customers from having their locations tracked by operating systems and applications, me...
Article | 18/05/2011 FTC targets 'free' trial offers from Canadian entrepreneur
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against a Canadian entrepreneur and a group of Web-based businesses that promised customers free...
Article | 17/05/2011 Dropbox drops the ball on data security
Dropbox, a provider of cloud-based data storage services, is in hot water with the Federal Trade Commission over claims that it lied and intentionally...
Article | 14/05/2011 Appeals court throws out Rambus patent ruling
A U.S. appeals court has ruled on two patent lawsuits that pit Rambus against two competing DRAM makers, sending both cases back to district courts fo...
Article | 11/05/2011 Senator: Google, Apple sending mixed signals on tracking
Representatives of Apple and Google denied that they are collecting the personal information of owners of smartphones running their operating systems,...
Article | 7/05/2011 Senator says he will introduce do-not-track bill
A senior member of the U.S. Senate plans to introduce legislation that would require websites and online advertising networks to stop tracking Web use...
Article | 4/05/2011 FTC settles data breach charges against two firms
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will require two companies -- one providing payroll and human resources services and another providing immigration l...