Consumer Protection: What's up at the FTC and Commerce Department?
I have written a lot about the upcoming regulatory initiatives around protection of consumer privacy from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Commerce, and one thing I have learned...
View ArticleWhat are FIPPs and Voluntary Codes of Conduct and where is the rub?
This post discusses the Commerce Department’s proposals for the use of Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs) and enforceable, voluntary codes of conduct, in connection with Commerce’s proposal...
View ArticleMore on Do-Not-Track
One of my colleagues, Pat Connolly, has been doing a lot of work on the privacy front and has this to say about “do-not-track.” By now, readers have seen by now the preliminary FTC Staff...
View ArticleWhatever you do, don't innovate: The FTC distinction between what first and...
One of the practices the FTC is looking at and addressing in its Preliminary FTC Staff Report, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change is third party marketing (as opposed to first party...
View ArticleConsumer Privacy, Data Protection: Informed Consent and Consumer Choice
One of my colleagues, Hillary Fitzpatrick Peterson, has been doing a lot of work on the privacy front and has this to say about informed consent and consumer choice. A major component of the FTC...
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