Wendy Davis

FTC Hears Debate About Whether Privacy Polices Can Work

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Location: FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States

Federal Trade Commission's roundtable discussion about online privacy.

Maine Repeals Law Restricting Data That Can Be Collected From Minors

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Location: Maine State Capitol Building, State St, Augusta, ME, 04330, United States

A Maine legislative committee voted Thursday to repeal a controversial 2009 online marketing law that restricts the data that can be collected from minors.

ISPs Raise Broadband Costs -- And Advocates' Ire

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Location: Comcast, 1500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102-2148, United States

Broadband in the U.S. already costs more than in many other countries. And it's about to get even more expensive.

Antitrust Case Against Google Dismissed On Procedural Grounds

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Location: US District Court -- Southern District of New York, 500 Pearl St., New York, NY, 10007-1312, United States

Handing Google a procedural victory in one of the antitrust lawsuits it's currently facing, a federal judge in New York has dismissed a case brought by the search marketer TradeComet on the grounds that the company should have filed the lawsuit in California.

Watchdog Group Alleges Google Violates Own Privacy Policy With Buzz

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Location: Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20580 , United States

A watchdog group that recently asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google Buzz has supplemented its complaint with an allegation that the new service violates Google's own privacy policy.

Judge In Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Reserves Decision On $9.5M Settlement

Location: San Jose, CA, United States

After conducting a hearing on Friday, a federal judge reserved decision about whether to approve a controversial $9.5 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Facebook stemming from its Beacon program.

Facebook Hit With More Privacy Lawsuits In The Wake Of Changing Users' Settings

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Location: San Jose, CA, United States

Facebook has been hit with two new potential class-action lawsuits stemming from recent revisions to its privacy settings. The cases, filed recently in federal district court in San Jose (CA) on behalf of nine Facebook users, allege that the new settings are "confusing and materially deceptive" and lessened their privacy.

People Continue To Object To Facebook Beacon Settlement

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Consumers are objecting to the proposed settlement of a privacy lawsuit stemming from the Beacon program.

Flash Of Criticism At FTC Privacy Roundtable

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Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

Behavioral targeting companies had better call their lawyers. Federal Trade Commission consumer protection head David Vladeck warned on Thursday (Jan 28) that the FTC is getting ready to go after online ad companies that try to get around consumers' decisions to avoid online ad targeting.

Customers Sue ISP For Installing NebuAd 'Spyware,' Offering Defective Opt-Outs

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Location: KS, United States

Two Embarq customers have filed a new privacy lawsuit against the Internet service provider for allegedly funneling information about their Web activity to defunct behavioral targeting company NebuAd.

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