CALEA Amendments Proposed »
Not long ago, the FBI circulated a draft amendment to the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA) that would require a broad range of communications providers, including…
Oct 7 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »
Privacy Bills to Wait Until After Midterm Elections »
This past July, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) introduced a bill that he hopes will “foster transparency about the commercial use of personal information, provide consumers with meaningful choice about…
Sep 23 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »“Gotcha Capitalism” Giant Webloyalty Settles with New York »
Webloyalty, a leader in the shady practice of post-transaction marketing, reportedly will settle a lawsuit brought by the State of…
Sep 28 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »More Lawsuits Over Tracking Cookies »
Several class-action lawsuits have been filed alleging that the online tracking techniques employed by advertisers and marketers violate consumers’ rights…
Sep 22 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »Advertiser Sued for Tracking iPhone, iPad Users »
New York mobile web advertiser sued over practice of placing hard-to-remove tracking files on iPhones, iPads.…
Sep 19 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »