Ad Law Access
One Less (Regulator) Affair for AshleyMadison.com: Site Operators Agree to Settle U.S. Charges Stemming from 2015 Breach
Remember the 2015 AshleyMadison.com data breach, where hackers gained access to the personal information of about 36 million users from over 46 countries, and threatened and carried through on their promise to release…
FTC Settles with Turn Over Alleged Privacy Policy Misrepresentations
On Wednesday, the FTC announced that Turn, a California-based ad-tech firm, agreed to settle charges that it misrepresented its consumer tracking practices to Verizon Wireless customers. According to the FTC, such…
Avoiding the Enforcement Crosshairs of Cross-Device Tracking
The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) recently announced that enforcement of its guidance on cross-device tracking (the “ Application of the DAA Principles of Transparency and Control to Data Used Across Devices ”)…
California Helps Consumers Crowdsource Privacy Policy Violations
California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced yesterday that her office has rolled out a new online form to help consumers report companies who violate California’s Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA).…
Cookies, Promises, and California: Why the 3rd Circuit Revived Privacy Claims Against Google
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit revived several privacy claims against Google pertaining to the Internet company’s practice of side-stepping “cookie blockers” on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer…