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Paul Ohm to Serve as Senior Adviser to FTC on Internet, Privacy and Mobile Markets
Professor Paul Ohm, Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Law School, will be joining the FTC as a senior policy adviser for consumer protection and competition issues in the Internet and mobile market…
Insights from the FTC's Mobile Payments Workshop
On April 26, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a public workshop entitled "Paper, Plastic . . . or Mobile?" to examine the use of mobile payments in the marketplace and the impact of emerging technologies…
Mobile Privacy: 5 Legal Concerns for Developers
If you work with mobile apps, you may already know that privacy is a hot issue. Regulators are pushing companies to improve their privacy practices, Congress is contemplating new laws, and class action lawyers are…
Commerce Department Kicks off Multistakeholder Process for Consumer Privacy Codes of Conduct
In the wake of the White House's February 23, 2012 release of Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting and Promoting Innovation in a Global Digital Economy ("Framework"), the Commerce…
White House Unveils Commercial Online Privacy Framework
On February 23, 2012, the White House released its long-awaited consumer data privacy framework that establishes clear consumer privacy “ground rules” intended to govern how commercial entities collect and use…