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Topic Archives: Privacy

  • - FTC, Privacy

    Mobile Apps: No Surprises, Please

    From our sister blog, MoFo Tech : Widely applicable rules regarding consumer privacy disclosures in our increasingly mobile world are only now emerging. Government agencies, individual states, and professional associations are all weighing in on how mobile app developers should disclose how they collect,
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  • - FCC, Privacy

    Telemarketing? Try Tweeting

    From our sister blog, MoFo Tech : The FCC’s revised rules for telemarketers and text marketers, which took effect on October 16, 2013, could signal a big shift in how companies direct market, posits Julie O’Neill , a Morrison & Foerster attorney specializing in
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  • - FTC, Privacy, Employment Law

    Collaborative Consumption – Is It Good to Share?

    By: Alistair Maughan

    Peer-to-peer (“P2P”) business models based on the Internet and technology platforms have become increasingly innovative. As such models have proliferated, they frequently result in clashes with regulators or established market competitors using existing laws as a defensive tactic. The legal battles that result illustrate
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  • “Do Not Track” Comes to CalOPPA
    - Privacy

    “Do Not Track” Comes to CalOPPA

    By: Julie O'Neill

    California’s AB 370, if signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, would be the first piece of legislation in the world directly addressing “do not track” (DNT) to become law. It has passed both houses of the California Legislature and would likely take effect in January.
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  • - FTC, Privacy

    Mobile Apps Bill Introduced in the House of Representatives

    By: Rick Fischer

    Article courtesy of Morrison & Foerster’s Mobile Payments Practice Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., continue to show interest in understanding and developing regulatory proposals relating to mobile apps. The interest appears to be driven, at least in part, by policymakers’ concerns about consumer privacy when
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