FCC Denies Petition to Implement Do Not Track Invoking the Federal Communications Commissions Net Neutrality order, Santa Monica-based Consumer Watchdog petitioned the FCC to “initiate a rulemaking proceeding requiring ‘edge providers’ (like Google, Facebook, YouTube, Pandora, Netflix, and LinkedIn) to honor ‘Do Not Track’ Requests from consumers.” The FCC declined the invitation, explaining that in…
Attorney General Harris Preparing Compliance Guidance Statement for New Privacy Laws Last fall California passed two amendments to its privacy laws – one concerning how a website treats Do Not Track Requests and the other providing a “right to be forgotten” to minors. See Browns Signs 1 Data Breach and 2 Privacy Bills Into Law, along…
Browns Signs 1 Data Breach and 2 Privacy Bills Into Law California Governor Brown has now signed a data breach and two privacy bills into law at the conclusion of the legislative session. These are significant because the Attorney General has a newly minted privacy enforcement unit and has said that data breaches will be…
Do Not Track, Social Media Snooping and Revenge Porn Bills on Gov. Brown’s Desk Three internet bills have cleared the California Senate and Assembly and are on Governor Brown’s desk waiting for approval. The bills are: (1) AB 370 (Muratsuchi) – Do Not Track AB 370 requires that website privacy policies disclose how it handles do-not-track…
For several years now, the online ad industry, internet browser suppliers and others have engaged in a debate over the appropriate standards for a “Do Not Track” protocol. The Digital Advertising Alliance, has established a self-regulatory program to enable consumers to opt-out of tracking with participating companies. The stumbling point in the debate with browser…
OBAMA LOOKS WEST FOR NEW FTC CHAIR On Monday, FTC Commissioner Edith Ramirez takes over as FTC Chairwoman. Ramirez, a law school classmate of the President and former partner at the Los Angeles office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, is the FTC’s first Latina chair. She previously has expressed strong interest in privacy stressing that she…
ADVERTISERS REVOLT OVER IE10’S DO NOT TRACK SETTING, FTC SETS YEAR-END DEADLINE FOR PROGRESS While privacy legislation has stalled, do not track has continued to be in debate due to recent actions of Microsoft and the World Wide Web Consortium (w3C). Microsoft’s decision to set the latest Internet Explorer browser default setting to do not…
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer’s default setting will soon be to block tracking by third-party advertisers, as its Chief Privacy Officer explained “consumers should be empowered to make an informed choice.” Advertisers, however, are fuming over the move, with IAB President Randall Rothenberg asserting that ”a default setting that automatically blocks content violates the consumer’s right to choose.” Currently…
The White House announcement came as the Digital Advertising Alliance agreed to support embedding do not track buttons in browsers. Key principals of the proposals are: Individual Control: Consumers have a right to exercise control over what personal data companies collect from them and how they use it. Transparency: Consumers have a right to easily…
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Do Not Track Bill Introduced, Browsers Advance The 112th Congress’ privacy legislation derby is expected to have plenty of contestants, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) has reintroduced his “Best Practices Act,” while Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) and Sen,. John Kerry (D-MA) are each expected to offer bills soon. Stearns recently indicated that…
FTC RELEASES PRIVACY REPORT CALLING FOR DO NOT TRACK OPTION ACTION LIKELY ON PRIVACY IN 2011 The Federal Trade Commission released its much anticipated staff report on privacy following its 2009-2010 privacy round-tables with all attention going to its call for a Do Not Track (“DNT”) System. Unlike earlier DNT proposals which called for…
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