Fahad HJul 31, 20142 min readGoogle Faces Thai Criminal Case For Not Shutting Down BloggerGoogle’s founders, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and its entire board have been named as criminal defendants in a case in Thailand. The...
Fahad HJul 11, 20141 min readFeds: Amazon Let Kids Buy In-App Goods Without Consentagreed to refund consumers $32.5 million to settle an FTC complaint that it charged parents for their kids’ in-app purchases without...
Fahad HJul 1, 20141 min readGoogle Launches CookieChoices Site To Help Publishers With EU Cookie ComplianceCookieChoices to help publishers understand the European Union’s cookie compliance regulations. Bill Hartzer was the first to spot this,...
Fahad HJun 27, 20142 min readGoogle Earns Ad Money Off YouTube Videos Hawking Stolen Credit Cards, Says Watchdog GroupThe Digital Citizens Alliance, an internet safety coalition, is calling out Google for allowing videos that promote the sale of stolen...
Fahad HJun 19, 20143 min readThe SocialChorus Lesson: Use “Nofollow” In Native Ads, To Avoid Google PenaltiesSocialChorus has learned a lesson that other native advertising players should also know. Even when you’re focused on building awareness...
Fahad HMay 19, 20142 min readEverything You Need to Know About The Canadian Anti-Spam LegislationThe Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) has been long in the works and will finally be enforced starting on July 1st, 2014. But what is...
Fahad HMay 6, 20141 min readGoogle Asks Appeals Court To Toss Out AdWords Patent Infringement VerdictVringo won the case (I/P Engine Inc. v. AOL Inc., 14-1233) in which it claimed the filtering technology used in Google’s AdWords system...
Fahad HMay 2, 20142 min readTop eBay Affiliate Sentenced To 5 Months In Prison For Wire Fraudreported this morning. Hogan must pay a fine of $25,000 and will remain on supervised release for three years after his prison term is...
Fahad HApr 17, 20143 min readCould “Liking” A Brand On Facebook Waive Your Legal Rights?There is a very disturbing trend in the world of corporate terms and conditions. Consumers (and small merchants) are increasingly being...
Fahad HApr 4, 20142 min readFTC Discloses Small Business Complaints Against YelpMany small businesses continue to feel that Yelp is unfair or complain that Yelp salespeople are using strong-arm tactics to get them to...
Fahad HApr 4, 201410 min readIs Native Advertising Legal? Does It Matter?I start this article with three controversial statements: Native advertising likely violates Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules on...
Fahad HMar 31, 20142 min readFTC: Brand-Incentivized Pins On Pinterest Potentially “Deceptive,” Require DisclosureEric Goldman alerted us this weekend (via Twitter) to an FTC ruling that may have a significant impact on the way that brands interact...
Fahad HMar 10, 20141 min readPinterest’s First Transparency Report: Only 12 Govt. Data RequestsFollowing in the footsteps of many other big name web/tech properties, Pinterest published its first transparency report on Friday. But...
Fahad HJan 23, 20141 min readGoogle Invests $14 Million Of Combined $61 Million Tech Firms Spent To Sway Legislators In 2013According to a report from Consumer Watchdog, Google invested $14.06 million of the $61.15 million invested by ten tech firms, including...
Fahad HDec 4, 20133 min readThe Future Of Internet Sales Tax: What’s Next After The Supreme Court’s Denial Of AmazonThe appeals stem from New York’s passing of what has become known as the “Amazon Tax,” which expands the definition of nexus to include...
Fahad HDec 2, 20131 min readAdvertorial Native Ads To Receive Closer FTC ScrutinyNative Ads don’t automatically violate US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules against “deceptive advertising” provided they’re...
Fahad HNov 15, 20133 min readNew TCPA Guidelines: What Do They Mean For Mobile Marketing?By now, you have likely noticed that everyone is talking (and texting) about the amendments to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...
Fahad HOct 24, 20131 min readTaiwan’s FTC Fines Samsung $340,000 For Posting Fake CommentsSamsung more than $340,000 for posting fake comments on its own products and criticizing competitor products via third-party marketing...
Fahad HOct 1, 20133 min readOperation Greener Grass: Why Aren’t SEOs Up In Arms?Once again, SEO is in the news. Once again, the media (along with an elected official or two — shocker!) clearly doesn’t understand how...
Fahad HSep 30, 20132 min readActiveCast Media Sues Google For Withholding AdX Traffic Acquisition PaymentsActiveCast, a subsidiary of Web Integrated Net Solutions and headquartered in the British Virgin Islands, is suing Google for breach of...
