Struan Robertson writes: OPINION: The OFT has endorsed the UK ad industry’s self-regulation of behavioural advertising. But its conclusion was based in part on a curious reading of consumer protection regulations, coupled with research that departs from similar studies. The Office of Fair Trading is the Government’s consumer and competition authority. That it sees no…
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Corporations Do Not Have Personal Privacy Rights in Government Records, Groups Tell U.S. Supreme Court
Corporations should not be able to claim a personal privacy right to try to shield government documents about them from public view, six public interest organizations told the U.S. Supreme Court late Monday. In a friend-of-the-court brief, the groups urged the court to grant review of and overturn a lower court decision holding that corporations…
Lawmakers want more Google Street View information
Three U.S. lawmakers want Google Inc to tell them how much personal data the Internet search engine and advertising company gathered as part of its project to photograph streets across the country and how it plans to use that information. The lawmakers also want to know if they told people they were collecting data as…
Colorado’s Big Brother E-Commerce Law
Stephen P. Kranz reports: Record-breaking budget shortfalls have caused states to search for new revenue using tools that arguably are unconstitutional and, at a minimum, violate the consumer privacy that online shoppers have come to expect. A new twist to increasing taxes is an effort — adopted by Colorado and under consideration in California and…