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NewsHITECH Act's promise of data security not yet realized
The HITECH Act (.pdf) was intended to enable electronic health record innovation and adoption by plugging the data privacy holes left by the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act, or Read more...
FTC settles with websites offering false government grant information
The Federal Trade Commission announced Nov. 24 that it has reached legal settlements with the operators of websites that deceptively touted free government grants for personal expenses and paying off Read more...
Privacy and consumer groups file FTC complaint against Facebook
Privacy and consumer-protection groups upset with eroding privacy standards on Facebook filed a complaint May 5 with the Federal Trade Commission, charging that the ubiquitous social media site Read more...
FTC investigates cloud privacy
As cloud computing services explode in popularity, the Federal Trade Commission is taking a tough look at potential threats to consumer privacy and data security it could pose. The agency is planning Read more...
FTC investigates cloud computing
The Federal Trade Commission is examining the privacy and data security implications of cloud computing services for consumers. InformationWeek reports that this decision stemmed from the Federal Read more...
FTC issues personal health record security rule
A new rule makes it mandatory for vendors to notify consumers if their personal health records online have been breached. The new rule is based on a mandate from Congress requiring the Federal Trade Read more...
Federal agencies already monitoring web use
As the controversy brews over a proposed rule that would allow federal agencies to use cookies to closely track visitors to their web sites, it turns out that some are already engaging in some web Read more...
FTC may become the net neutrality enforcer
The Federal Trade Commission may get another new job description--and a hard one, at that. It may start enforcing net-neutrality rules and challenging bad network management practices when broadband Read more...
| Press ReleasesCalifornia "Do Not Track" Bill Moves Ahead In Historic First; Could Be Model For NationSACRAMENTO, Calif., May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time in American history a privacy proposal to give people the right to stop collection of their personal information online Read more >> A Patchwork of Conflicting Online Privacy Legislation Threatens to Strangle InnovationUpdated iAWFUL List Ranks Top Threats to Online Commerce WASHINGTON, March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NetChoice's 2011 "iAWFUL" list of bad Internet laws has identified a confusing and Read more >> Are Doctors Giving Patients the Best Vaccines or the Vaccines with the Best Price?CREW Sends Letter to FTC Requesting Antitrust Investigation of Drug Companies WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to the Read more >> NetChoice Welcomes U.S. Commerce Department's Increasing Role as Global Advocate for Fair and Flexible Online Privacy RegulationWASHINGTON, June 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NetChoice today filed comments with the U.S. Department of Commerce welcoming the agency's increased role in advocating for streamlined and proactive Read more >> Millennial Media Applauds FTC Ruling in Favor of Open, Competitive MarketGoogle / AdMob Outcome Favors Preservation of an Open Ecosystem in Mobile Advertising Market BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Millennial Media, the largest mobile advertising platform, released the below Read more >> |
