
Twitter Says Hackers May Have Accessed 250,000 User Accounts
The investigation is still going on, but Twitter says the hackers might’ve accessed some users’ personal information: This week, we...

FTC: Privacy Disclosures For Kids’ Mobile Apps Incomplete, Deceptive
released a study of privacy and mobile apps for kids. The study concluded that parents weren’t given enough information in the app stores...

Report: Plaintiff Willing To Settle Mexican Lawsuit Against Yahoo
recently won a $2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo in a Mexican lawsuit is willing to settle the case for less money. Carlos...

Yahoo To Appeal $2.7B Judgment In Mexican Yellow Pages Contract Lawsuit
announced the judgment and its plan to appeal in a short news release this afternoon. Details about the case are vague. Yahoo’s statement...

PeopleBrowsr-Twitter Case Illustrates Risks Of Building A Business On Third Party Platforms
Kred scoring) from access to Twitter’s feed, has fallen victim to Twitter’s recent ambitions to rein in and exercise more control over...

U.S., Euro Governments Seize 132 Domain Names Selling Counterfeit Goods
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that 132 domain names have been seized this year in two campaigns...

Clickbooth Affiliate Network To Pay $2 Million FTC Settlement Over Acai Berry Ad Claims
The FTC recently announced a $2 million settlement with the Clickbooth affiliate network over charges that Clickbooth’s affiliate...

Google Puts “Cookiegate” To Bed As More Legal Battles Loom
approved Google’s $22.5 million settlement with the FTC. Some Google critics decried the settlement as having little impact on Google....

Google: Government Requests To Remove Content Spiked In First Half Of 2012
Google announced that the number of content removal requests submitted by governments have spiked in the first half of the year. From...

Cash-Strapped Euro Governments Look To Online Giants For Additional Tax Revenues
criticized and investigated for what several European governments consider to be tax avoidance. In the UK and France in particular Google...

Google To Pay $22.5 Million To Settle “Cookiegate” In Latest Privacy Fine
confirming that the civil penalty Google will pay to settle the “Cookiegate” episode, in which it bypassed the default Safari privacy...

Fighting Legal Threats With Humor & Charity: The Oatmeal Vs. FunnyJunk
What could be worse than a web site apparently using your content without permission? How about getting a legal threat from that same...

Google Scores Total Victory Against Oracle In Patent Suit
According to reports just coming out, the jury in the Oracle-Google trial has found that Google did not infringe any of Oracle’s patents...

Facebook Settles Sponsored Stories Lawsuit, Terms Not Yet Disclosed
A Sponsored Stories lawsuit was allowed to proceed against the social media giant as Facebook failed to have it thrown out. Today, the...

Facebook, Washington Settle Suits With Alleged ‘Likejacker’
accused earlier this year of running “likejacking” campaigns on Facebook, has settled separate lawsuits with both Facebook and the state...

Oracle vs Google Split Decision: Jury Finds Copyright Infringement But Deadlocks On “Fair Use&
published reports, a federal jury earlier today delivered a mixed result in Oracle v. Google. The jury found that Google had in fact...

Paypal No Longer The World’s Top Phishing Target
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) recently published its 2011 Global Phishing Survey (PDF download), which says that phishing...

Judge Declares Illinois’ ‘Amazon Tax’ Unconstitutional
According to a news release from the Performance Marketing Association (PMA), the judge ruled that having affiliates in Illinois doesn’t...

Inside Twitter’s Spam Lawsuit: Fighting Five Defendants Cost More Than $700,000
We wrote yesterday about Twitter’s lawsuit against the five alleged spammers and, now that the filing is available (PDF download), more...