Skye Witley reports: A coalition of 10 state attorneys general is urging Apple to implement stronger privacy standards for third-party apps that collect reproductive health information to protect consumers post-Roe v. Wade. App developers should be required to delete data collected from consumers seeking reproductive health care and clarify what information is shared with third parties such…
EPIC to Federal Trade Commission: It is Time to Protect Consumers from Commercial Surveillance
November 21 — Today, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) submitted comments in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding a Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security. As EPIC explains: The unchecked spread of commercial surveillance over the last two decades has led to a data…
Unfair & deceitful commercial surveillance: Submission to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Submission to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Written by Dr Johnny Ryan of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) on behalf of ICCL, Open Markets Institute, and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue 21 November 2022 — ICCL, the Open Markets Institute, and the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, a forum of 75 NGOs, have sent the U.S. Federal…
State attorneys general ask FTC to regulate online data collection practices
Over on his excellent newsletter, Risky Biz News, Catalin Cimpanu reports: A coalition of 33 state attorneys general have urged the US Federal Trade Commission to pass regulation around online data collection practices. AGs said they are “concerned about the alarming amount of sensitive consumer data that is amassed, manipulated, and monetized,” and that they regularly…