Grant Gross reports: A proposed code of conduct for mobile app developers intended to make them explain how user data is collected and used does not have a clear enforcement mechanism, one privacy advocate said. The code was negotiated this week by several trade groups and the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). While…
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US telecom agency issues draft mobile app code of conduct with guidelines for user data collection
Ken Yeung reports: The US government’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration today issued its first draft of what will be a mobile apps code of conduct intended to better protect consumers and their privacy. If made final, policy states that publishers must provide consumers with “short-form” notices in multiple languages informing them of how their data is being used….
N.J. wins $1 million settlement from PulsePoint for violating web user privacy
Alexi Friedman reports: … The state Division of Consumer Affairs today announced a settlement with an online advertising company that agreed to pay $1 million for having circumvented consumers’ privacy settings by allowing millions of targeted ads to reach unsuspecting New Jersey web users. State officials said the ads imbedded “cookies” into computer hard drives, essentially…
Conflicting TCPA Decisions Pose Risks for Text Message Marketing
William B. Baker writes: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (47 U.S.C. §227) prohibits the use of automatic dialing machines to make any calls to a telephone number assigned to a mobile device without “prior express consent” of the called party. This prohibition applies to text message marketing, because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and…