Senator Schumer got a lot of positive media coverage for asking the FTC to investigate whether fitness apps are selling personal information. But in naming FitBit, Schumer may have pointed the finger at a company that does not sell personal information. Judy Mottl writes: …. The lawmaker, Chuck Schumer (D), is obviously acting in best…
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FTC Announces Agenda for Upcoming Big Data Workshop
From the FTC: The Federal Trade Commission has announced an agenda for its upcoming workshop, “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” taking place at 8 a.m. on Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C. “Big data” is used to refer to advancing technologies that are dramatically expanding the commercial collection, analysis, use, and storage of…
CDD: Drop Multistakeholder Model, Legislate Privacy
John Eggerton reports: The government should scrap its attempts to get industry to self-regulate data privacy and legislate safeguards. That was the advice of the Center for Digital Democracy to the National Telecommunications & Information Administration,, which is the White House’s chief communications policy advisory body. It joined with the ACLU, the Consumer Federation of…
Federal Trade Commission Responds to EPIC Regarding Google Settlement
From EPIC: The Federal Trade Commission has responded to EPIC’s letterurging the agency to oppose a collusive Google class action settlement. The agency stated that it “systematically monitors compliance” with its consumer protection orders and that it “takes alleged violation[s] of an order seriously,” but that it cannot publicly disclose details of its investigations until a formal complaint…