The Federal Trade Commission published guidelines back in 2009 making clear that many of the rules that apply to advertising and testimonial… Read more »
The Obama administration made official its call for a comprehensive privacy law today, and there are signals that industry support for such… Read more »
There may well be action on Capitol Hill this year in online privacy, with bills being introduced by members of both parties. But the Federa… Read more »
Years of avoiding the ad targeting as a consumer issue by the online marketing industry has led to the current climate of hyperbolic fear an… Read more »
Last week, we reported that antitrust regulators are reviewing Apple’s controversial new subscription policy. Now, the feds are scrutinizing… Read more »
From the moment that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) announced its new subscription plan this week, there has been widespread speculation about whether i… Read more »
If you had to bet on a website that will be crushed by traffic demands this week, you might bet on ftc.gov. The Federal Trade Commission has… Read more »
As the FTC gathers comments on its proposed privacy rules, including a “Do Not Track” proposal, FTC Commissioner Julie Brill told a crowd of… Read more »
Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is moving to address concerns, raised by the Federal Trade Commission and privacy advocates, about potential privacy loop… Read more »
» Publishers are very hopeful about the launch of a Google (NSDQ: GOOG) “digital newsstand.” In recent weeks, Google has told pub… Read more »
There’s already been plenty of speculation about what the Federal Trade Commission’s “Do Not Track” proposal will mean for online publishers… Read more »
First Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), and now Mozilla. One by one, web browser companies are revealing their plans for beefed-up privacy settings. Read more »
The Federal Trade Commission’s recent report on privacy offered a pretty damning indictment of the ad industry’s efforts to give consumers a… Read more »
The behavioral targeting business is looking as challenged as it ever has these days, considering the recent developments coming out of Wash… Read more »
Congress weighed in for the first time today on the FTC’s plan for a Do Not Track option for web browsing, and key Republicans weren’t exact… Read more »
Updated with response from Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE). So-called Flash cookies-chunks of data embedded in the Adobe Flash Player on internet users’… Read more »
The FTC released extensive privacy guidelines today [PDF], urging Congress to create a “Do Not Track” option for internet users, saying that… Read more »
What a strange world we live in, where the dominant players in an industry can literally flip-flop overnight with the underdogs.
First, th… Read more »
The Federal Trade Commission is expected to make a decision as early as this week on whether to allow Google’s $750 million acquisition of A… Read more »
Behavioral targeting crusaders at the Center for Digital Democracy have joined with two other consumer advocates, U.S. PIRG, and the World P… Read more »
Nearly two months after Google’s rocky introduction of ‘Buzz,’ the sharing service remains under fire from privacy advocates; eleven congres… Read more »
Google’s proposed (and now delayed) acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob appears to be drawing even more regulatory scrutiny from the FTC.… Read more »
If *Google* has its way, Highland Capital Partners and Globespan Capital Partners won’t be the only ones that benefit from Apple’s acquisiti… Read more »
The Federal Trade Commission is trying to calm some fears in the wake of its revisions to the FTC Act of 1980, amended to include bloggers i… Read more »
First it pushed the online ad industry to establish stricter standards around behavioral targeting; now, the Federal Trade Commission is mov… Read more »
