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Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

White House Releases Big Report On Big Data

Everyone’s talking about big data. Why? Well, it’s big. Its potential benefit and impending challenge to individual privacy and discrimination are tremendous. Last week, to analyze the technological dimension of big…

FTC Seeks Further Comments on the State of Mobile Security

Following last June’s forum on mobile security, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) again seeks to draw public attention to security issues in the mobile space. The FTC is soliciting comments from the public on a…

Kentucky Enacts Data Breach Notification Law

Last week, Kentucky enacted a data breach notification law, becoming the 47th state to require notice to consumers in the event of a breach of unencrypted personally identifiable information. The law’s author,…

Wyndham Hits a Wall in Challenge to FTC Data Breach Authority

Earlier this week, a federal district court in New Jersey issued an opinion ruling on Wyndham Worldwide Corporation’s and three of its subsidiaries’ (collectively “Wyndham’s”) motion to dismiss, finding for the FTC…

FTC Charges Jerk.com with “Jerk-Like” Practices

Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it is charging the operators of the so-called social-networking personal reputation site “Jerk.com” for engaging in deceptive representations in violation of…