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California Update: What Can Brown Do for You? What You Need to Know About the Two Data Privacy Bills Headed to the Desk of California’s Governor

Posted By Cynthia Larose on Posted in Legislation, Online Advertising, Privacy Regulation

Two data privacy bills, Assembly Bill 370 and Senate Bill 568 have been sent to California Governor Jerry Brown for signature.  As we previously reported, A.B. 370 would require commercial websites or online services that collect personally identifiable information to disclose how that site or service responds to “do not track” signals or similar mechanisms. … Continue Reading

California “Do Not Track” Bill Stays on Track

Posted By Cynthia Larose on Posted in Privacy Regulation

  As we predicted, the California Senate has approved A.B. 370, a bill that would require commercial websites or online services that collect personally identifiable information to disclose how that site or service responds to “do not track” signals or similar mechanisms.  Next, A.B. 370 will head back to the California Assembly, where the Assembly… Continue Reading

Summer Break is Over for California Senate, Which May Mean New “Do Not Track” Disclosure Requirements for You

Posted By Cynthia Larose on Posted in Online Advertising

Written by Jake Romero  What did you do over your summer vacation?  Yes, the sad truth is that summer is almost over.  You can tell because there wasn’t a single superhero movie that opened at the box office last weekend (no, Smurfs2 does not count) and because the California Senate is preparing to reconvene from its summer… Continue Reading

Survey Says: Consumers Confused about Online Tracking

Posted By Cynthia Larose on Posted in Privacy Regulation

Written by Amy Malone Amid the chatter regarding the elections,  the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology recently released a report on Americans’ views of “Do Not Track”.  They found that 87% of the 1,200 people surveyed had never heard of Do Not Track.  The Do Not Track regulations that privacy groups began advocating for over… Continue Reading

FTC Issues Long-Awaited Privacy Report

Posted By Cynthia Larose on Posted in Federal Trade Commission, Legislation, Online Advertising, Privacy Regulation

Written by Adam Veness Earlier today, the FTC held a press conference and issued a final report setting forth best practices for businesses to protect American consumers and to provide consumers with greater control over the collection and use of their data.  You can find the full report here:  Final Commission Report on Protecting Consumer… Continue Reading

“Do-Not-Track” Bill Introduced in US Senate

Posted By Cynthia Larose on Posted in Uncategorized

We now have proposed “do-not-track” legislation in both the U.S. House of Representatives and in the U.S. Senate.   Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) introduced the Do Not Track Me Online Act in February, and yesterday, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced the “Do-Not-Track Online Act 0f 2011″.   Senator Rockefeller is the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee.  Senator Rockefeller’s… Continue Reading

FTC Extends Comment Period – UPDATED

Posted By Cynthia Larose on Posted in Data Compliance & Security, Online Advertising

The Federal Trade Commission has extended the public comment period on its December 1, 2010 report — FTC Privacy Report.  The FTC press release says that, in light of the complex issues raised by the report, a number of organizations have requested an extension of the original January 31, 2011 deadline.  Stakeholders now have until February 18,… Continue Reading