Critic: NTIA's mobile privacy push has failed
Lobbyists derailed an effort by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to create mobile privacy standards, a privacy group charged on Thursday, while some participants in the process conceded it...
View ArticlePrivacy groups ask FTC to oppose Facebook's policy changes
Six privacy groups have asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to strike down proposed changes to Facebook's policies, as they violate a 2011 settlement with the agency over user privacy.
View ArticleGoogle to feature user recommendations in ads
Google will feature users in advertisements that run on its suite of websites when those users recommend products or stores.
View ArticlePrivacy groups seek FTC probe of Google, Yahoo for exposing data to NSA
Several advocacy groups are calling for an investigation into Internet companies Yahoo and Google whose networks were secretly accessed by the National Security Agency.
View ArticleApple settles FTC complaint over charges in children's apps
Apple will pay at least US$32.5 million to customers in a settlement over a U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint that the company allowed children to run up huge in-app purchases on the company's...
View ArticlePrivacy, consumer groups ask court to reject Facebook ads settlement
A coalition of consumer and privacy groups will ask a U.S. court to reject a settlement that allows Facebook to use minors' pictures in advertisements on the site without their parents' consent.
View ArticleGroups ask US FTC to investigate Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should investigate Facebook's proposed US$19 billion acquisition of mobile messaging app WhatsApp -- and possibly block it -- because of the potential impact on users'...
View ArticleFTC: Congress should rein in data brokers
Data brokers should give consumers more control over their personal information, and Congress should consider legislation that reins in the ways data brokers can use that information, the U.S. Federal...
View ArticleFacial recognition proposal lacks privacy protections, advocate says
A facial recognition trade group's proposals for privacy standards are an "extreme" departure from U.S. expectations on how personal data should be handled, a privacy advocate said Tuesday.
View ArticleDozens of US tech firms violate EU privacy promises, advocacy group says
Thirty U.S. data brokers and data management firms, including Adobe Systems, AOL and Salesforce.com, are violating privacy promises they've made regarding their handling of the personal information of...
View ArticlePrivacy groups want investigation of big data acquisitions
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should launch an investigation into the growing consolidation of big data analytics firms and digital marketing companies, a coalition of four privacy groups said Friday.
View ArticleWhite House privacy proposal aims to give consumers control over data
U.S. businesses that collect personal data would be required to describe their privacy and security practices and give consumers control over their personal information under a proposed privacy bill of...
View ArticleComplaint alleges YouTube Kids pushes advertising content
The six-week-old YouTube Kids service is a "hyper-commercialized" environment that intermixes advertising and other programming in a way that deceives its target audience, a coalition of privacy and...
View ArticlePrivacy groups to quit US talks on facial recognition standards
Nine privacy groups plan to withdraw from U.S. government-hosted negotiations to develop voluntary facial-recognition privacy standards because the groups feel the process won't lead to adequate...
View ArticleUS to begin talks on drone privacy standards
A U.S. government agency will start its third attempt to develop voluntary privacy standards for an emerging area of technology, this time with a series of meetings on drone privacy scheduled to begin...
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