Balough
May 22, 2016
(May 22, 2016) Privacy policies for commercial and private unmanned aircraft system (UAS or drone) operators have been proposed by the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA). NTIA said the best practices “are meant to go beyond existing law and they do not—and are not meant to—create a legal standard of care by which the […]
Balough
May 20, 2015
The court handling the bankruptcy of RadioShack Corp. should place conditions on the sale of personal consumer information to honor the privacy policies of the now defunct company, the Federal Trade Commission said in a letter to the privacy ombudsman in the case. The FTC noted that RadioShack collected personal information from over 117 million […]
Balough
April 27, 2015
Retailers are listening to their customers’ smart phones, and that’s a problem, the majority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found. The issue concerns a company that provided a program that secretly tracked customer movements in and around stores using their smart phones and not telling customers they are being tracked, even though the company’s […]
Balough
May 3, 2014
Google, Inc. has changed its privacy policy and no longer will scan kids’ accounts set up through their schools to give data to advertisers and to place ads with emails and search results. Previously, Google scanned both the Gmail accounts and Google Search for kids established through the Google Apps for Education program in order […]
Balough
December 22, 2013
Mobile apps for children continue to leave parents in the dark as to what information is being collected and what is being done with that information, according to a new study by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The study, “Mobile Apps for Kids Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade,” is a follow-up to a February […]
