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"Internet of Things" is here now in today's 24/7 Big Data-driven digital marketplace, FTC told. Financial, Health, Racial/Ethnic and Youth Data Need Privacy Protection
Submitted by demedia on Sat, 06/01/2013 - 23:19June 1 is the deadline for filing Comments in the FTC Internet of Things inquiry. Today's contemporary mobile device, geo-location aware, offline/online data, advanced marketing applications like facial recogniti
US Online Data Trade Groups spin digital fairy tale to USTR about US Consumer Privacy Prowess--CDD Says Privacy Out of Bounds in TTIP
Submitted by demedia on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:33Today, the United States Trade Representatives convenes two days of hearings (see attached agenda) to help it formulate a negotiating policy for the forthcoming EU/U.S. trade pact--known as the Transatalantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). CDD is one of the consumer groups that has been asked to brief its Policy Staff Committee.
US Online Data Trade Groups spin digital fairy tale to USTR about US Consumer Privacy Prowess--CDD Says Privacy Out of Bounds in TTIP
Submitted by demedia on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:32Today, the United States Trade Representatives convenes two days of hearings (see attached agenda) to help it formulate a negotiating policy for the forthcoming EU/U.S. trade pact--known as the Transatalantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). CDD is one of the consumer groups that has been asked to brief its Policy Staff Committee.
USTR Should Not to Address Cross-Data Flows, Privacy, in EU/US Trade TTIP Agreement
Submitted by demedia on Sat, 05/11/2013 - 10:57May 10 was the deadline for Comments to USTR on what the U.S. agenda should be for the upcoming Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiation. CDD urged USTR not include issues involving digital privacy on the agenda, and to respect the need for both the US and EU to further address their own data protection frameworks.
Reject Digital Ad Lobby Delay Tactics on Kids Privacy (COPPA), Leading Groups Urge FTC
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 12:20The leading U.S.
CDD and U.S. PIRG Call on CFPB & other Financial Regulators to Regulate the use of Social Media in Consumer Financial Services
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 18:00CDD and U.S. PIRG Education Fund Call on CFPB & other Financial Regulators to Regulate the use of Social Media in Consumer Financial Services
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 12:16CDD and U.S.
US Consumer and Civil Liberties Groups Tell EU Policymakers to Enact Strongest Possible Privacy Safeguards
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 16:16In the European Union, privacy is a fundamental Human Right. So it’s no surprise that leading EU officials are supporting a proposal that place citizens and consumers in better control of their information (or, as its called in the EU, ensuring “data protection”). Many in the EU understand the stakes, as today’s digital tracking and profiling technologies enable far-reaching surveillance and influence on individuals.
Nickelodeon’s Mobile SpongeBob Game Violates the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, Says New Complaint to FTC
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 12/17/2012 - 12:49Center for Digital Democracy Charges that Nickelodeon’s Mobile SpongeBob Game
Violates the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Urges Federal Trade Commission to Investigate and Bring Action Against the Leading Children’s Cable Channel
Nickelodeon and PlayFirst Don’t Play Fair,
Collecting Personal Information from Kids and Inducing In-Game Purchases
CDD Charges Mobile Game Company with Violation of COPPA, Urges FTC Action--While Kids Capture Virtual Pets, Mobbles Captures Personal Information from Children
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 12:22Washington, DC: The Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) filed a complaint today with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) calling for an investigation of and action against the Mobbles Corporation for operating the mobile application Mobbles in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Mobbles, a game involving virtual pets, is directed at children under age 13. It collects personal information from children without providing any notice to parents (nor even attempting to obtain verifiable parental consent), as required by law.
