John Kennedy reports: Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner has concluded its massive audit of Facebook – the biggest investigation in the agency’s history – and has cleared it of most charges. However, Facebook has agreed to a wide range of ‘best practice’ improvements. Arising from the audit, Facebook has agreed to ‘best practice’ improvements to be implemented…
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FTC Charges Telemarketers with Illegal Robocalling
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against a telemarketing operation that allegedly made illegal robocalls, called phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, and masked Caller ID information, in violation of the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule. The FTC’s complaint seeks to make the defendants pay civil penalties and stop the illegal calls….
German Data Protection authorities broaden application of German Data Protection Law to foreign social networks and attack the use of social plugins and fanpages
Dr Fabian Niemann, Lennart Schüßler, and Ruth Boardman write: The Düsseldorfer Kreis (“Düsseldorf Circle”), an informal body of all German Data Protection Authorities (“DPAs”), has published a decision concerning the application of German data protection rules to social networks. The decision reflects the common view of all German DPAs and comments (i) on the (very…
Federal court won’t toss lawsuit against Facebook over right to publicity
Joseph Menn reports that although the FTC may have settled with Facebook over some privacy issues, Facebook is not off the legal hook in California. The court declined to dismiss a lawsuit that claims Facebook’s practice of showing people that friends “like” specific products violates California law on right to publicity or use of their…