The United States is among the minority of large economies in the world without a comprehensive national privacy law. In the absence of such a law, numerous states are filling the void with a complex assortment of often...more
5/2/2024
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Transparency
Trick or treat? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff is focused on one “trick” this spooky season: Designing user interfaces to trick or manipulate users into taking actions they would not otherwise approve of, or putting...more
A recent Supreme Court decision has finally put an end to the longstanding fight between Oracle and Google concerning Google’s use of Oracle’s copyrighted Java Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The Supreme Court’s...more
8/11/2021
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Fair Use ,
Google ,
Google LLC v Oracle America Inc ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Java ,
Oracle ,
SCOTUS ,
Transformative Use
Biometric data is seen as a preferred means of identification by many businesses. Unlocking a smartphone using facial recognition and other biometric identifiers, for example, gives users the feeling as if they are more...more
2/17/2021
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Consent ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Use Policies ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Local Ordinance ,
New Legislation ,
Pending Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action
Businesses that have just about come to terms with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may have more privacy rules and regulations to deal with going forward. Legislators in a number of other states across the country...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently decided that agreements reached by 1-800 Contacts, Inc. with a number of its competitors to settle claims that the competitors’ online search advertising infringed on 1-800...more
2/13/2019
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Administrative Proceedings ,
Advertising ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Google ,
Keyword Search ,
Marketing ,
Restraint of Trade ,
Search Engines ,
Section 5 ,
Trademarks ,
Truth in Advertising