Today ACT submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) which is seeking guidance as it rewrites regulations affecting mobile app developers. Specifically, the FTC is updating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), enacted in 1998 to protect children online. With its draft revision under consideration, the FTC is [...]
ACT Executive Director Morgan Reed testified today before the House Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade on Protecting Children's Privacy in an Electronic World. Morgan's written testimony may be found here and an excerpt of his delivered testimony discussing the apps in Members' Congressional Districts is below.
A Neilsen study was just released revealing the extraordinary connection consumers have with their smartphones. This report is the product of Nielsen's new Smartphone Analytics program -- a valuable new resource that receives data directly from mobile devices providing better accuracy than user surveys. So what does this new information [...]
Today's settlement reached by the FTC to address COPPA violations by the Emily's Girls series of mobile apps is a positive outcome for developers. The safety and privacy of children in the mobile marketplace is of paramount importance to app developers and we welcome the Commission's vigorous enforcement in this [...]
Today the U.S. District Court issued a significant ruling that Google can be held liable for damages under the Wiretap Act because of its Wi-Spy program that collected usernames, passwords, whole emails, and other private data. The Wi-Spy program was a part of a Street View initiative in which Google [...]