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Consumer groups urge FTC to investigate Google over location tracking

Posted November 27, 2018 / Data collection, FTC, News 0 0 0

Consumer groups urge FTC to investigate Google over location tracking The Hill EMILY BIRNBAUM A coalition of more than 75 consumer groups is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Google for allegedly “manipulating”...

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JUUL EXHALES AFTER DODGING FULL BAN ON FLAVORED E-CIGS

Posted November 16, 2018 / e-cigarettes, News 0 0 0

JUUL EXHALES AFTER DODGING FULL BAN ON FLAVORED E-CIGS Wired Nitasha Tiku ON THURSDAY, FOOD and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb proposed new rules intended to reverse the epidemic of e-cigarette use among youth, including limiting...

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Facebook critics file FTC complaint over breach of 30 million accounts

Posted November 16, 2018 / Data collection, Facebook, News 0 0 0

Facebook critics file FTC complaint over breach of 30 million accounts The Verge Colin Lecher A coalition of Facebook critics has filed a complaint against the company with the Federal Trade Commission, asking the agency to investigate this...

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National Data Privacy Legislation Must Include Civil Rights Protections, Enhanced Punishments for Violations

Posted November 15, 2018 / Campaign Updates 0 0 0

National Data Privacy Legislation Must Include Civil Rights Protections, Enhanced Punishments for Violations Nov. 13, 2018 Statement of Kristen Strader, Campaign Coordinator, Public Citizen’s Commercial Alert Note: Today, 34 civil rights...

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Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis

Posted November 15, 2018 / Data collection, Facebook, News 0 0 0

Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis The New York Times Sheera Frenkel, Nicholas Confessore, Cecilia Kang, Matthew Rosenberg and Jack Nicas Sheryl Sandberg was seething. Inside Facebook’s Menlo Park, Calif....

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As social media ‘influencers,’ patients are getting a voice. And pharma is ready to pay up

Posted November 15, 2018 / Drug Marketing, Influencer Marketing, News 0 0 0

As social media ‘influencers,’ patients are getting a voice. And pharma is ready to pay up STAT KATE SHERIDAN Anne Marie Ciccarella is not a doctor, though she spends a great deal of time with them. She’s not a researcher, though she routinely...

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Beer and spirits feature in HALF of all TV programmes as campaigners call for tighter advertising restrictions on alcohol

Posted October 26, 2018 / Alcohol Advertising, News 0 0 0

Beer and spirits feature in HALF of all TV programmes as campaigners call for tighter advertising restrictions on alcohol Teenage binge drinking is being fuelled by half of all peak time TV featuring booze including popular soaps, research...

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E-cigarette maker Juul boosts lobbying spend amid regulatory crackdown

Posted October 26, 2018 / Cigarettes, e-cigarettes, News 0 0 0

E-cigarette maker Juul boosts lobbying spend amid regulatory crackdown CNBC Angelica LaVito Leading e-cigarette manufacturer Juul spent half a million dollars on lobbying last quarter — up 167 percent from the previous quarter — as regulators...

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Google Is Teaching Children How to Act Online. Is It the Best Role Model?

Posted October 24, 2018 / Data collection, Marketing to kids, News, Online Advertising 0 0 0

Google Is Teaching Children How to Act Online. Is It the Best Role Model? The New York Times Natasha Singer and Sapna Maheshwari Google is on a mission to teach children how to be safe online. That is the message behind “Be Internet Awesome,” a...

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Tech Industry Lobby Proposes Data Privacy Laws; Critics Call Them Weak

Posted October 23, 2018 / Data collection, GDPR, News, Privacy 0 0 0

Tech Industry Lobby Proposes Data Privacy Laws; Critics Call Them Weak Xconomy Bernadette Tansey The tech industry, which reaps billions of dollars by harvesting personal data and using it to sell targeted advertising and other services, opened...

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Children spending three hours a day on social media are more likely to be obese

Posted October 23, 2018 / Marketing to kids, News, Online Advertising 0 0 0

Children spending three hours a day on social media are more likely to be obese The Drum Taruka Srivastav A Cancer Research UK report has revealed that children who spend more than half an hour a day online are 79% more likely to be overweight or...

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Amazon patents Alexa tech to tell if you’re sick, depressed and sell you meds

Posted October 12, 2018 / Amazon, News 0 0 0

Amazon patents Alexa tech to tell if you’re sick, depressed and sell you meds Ars Technica Amazon has patented technology that could let Alexa analyze your voice to determine whether you are sick or depressed and sell you products based on your...

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