Today, the Federal Trade Commission released detailed guidance on privacy in the mobile environment – at the same time it announced its largest-ever settlement with an app developer for alleged privacy violations. Combined with aggressive action on mobile privacy issues by the California attorney general’s office, Mobile Privacy Disclosures provides every company associated with
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Indian Government Official asks EU to declare India an adequate country for data transfers
By Cynthia O’Donoghue on
Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles in India, emphasised, at a bilateral meeting with the European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, that in order for the Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) between the EU and India to be successful, India must be declared an adequate country for data transfers.…
Ad Networks Called Upon to Justify and Limit Data Collection Efforts
This post was written by Frederick Lah.
Data collection, especially in the context of Do Not Track is an important issue. The FTC has said that an effective Do Not Track system should go beyond opting consumers out of receiving targeted advertisement – it should opt them out of the collection of behavioral data for…
Privacy: A Washington Tale of Two Reports
By Mark S. Melodia, Judith L. Harris & Paul Bond on
This post was also written by Chris Cwalina and Amy Mushahwar.
We’ve been busy here in Washington with two seminal privacy reports released within a span of two weeks. At Reed Smith, our interdisciplinary team of former government officials, former in-house attorneys, class action litigators and engineers (in the US and internationally) are reviewing the…
FTC Releases Privacy Report
By Paul Bond on
This post was also written by Christopher G. Cwalina, Amy S. Mushahwar, and Frederick Lah.
On December 1, 2010 the FTC released its long-awaited Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change. This 123-page preliminary staff report proposes a sea change in US privacy law. The FTC is accepting comments…