Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made a number of moves that paint a somewhat clearer picture of the regulatory body’s...

Uber has settled a privacy complaint brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), charging that it failed to sufficiently protect...

Google’s recent $2.7 billion antitrust fine in Europe had a material impact on its quarterly earnings. The possibility of additional...

The pan-European effort to extract more tax revenue from large internet companies was dealt a setback yesterday. A Paris administrative...

pro-net neutrality protest scheduled for July 12, and in advance of that and before our fearless leaders on Capitol Hill decide whether...

Do a search on Amazon for “Leegin Creative Leather,” and you’ll find two very nice leather belts: A search online, however, for “Leegin...

Google has not committed “genericide,” according to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. While people have used “google” to refer to...

With just over a year left until the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes live, it’s time for the industry focus to move...

By now, most companies who do any business in the EU are aware of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which was approved by...

Last week, Congress voted to overturn online privacy rules created by the Obama FCC, which had not yet gone into effect. The rules...

Julie Clopper / Shutterstock.com Amazon Vice President Peter Faricy says the e-commerce site will be launching a brand registry program...

Google’s recent freeze on granting defamation removal requests has thawed a little. Even so, the company’s actions around harmful and...

Privacy is a complex issue, and opinions on the subject often depend on the perspective it is viewed from. I’m a passionate privacy...

In George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, “1984,” every house is equipped with a Telescreen, a monitoring device enabling government...

It’s February, 2017. Do you know where your GDPR plans are? On May 25 of next year, the General Data Protection Regulation goes into...

Smart TV maker VIZIO will pay a $2.2 million penalty based on the improper collection of consumer viewing habits and data without...

Given audience fragmentation across devices and platforms, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of tracking and data to get a...

According to a release from the Canada’s Competition Bureau, an independent agency that enforces Canada’s Competition Act, Amazon.com.ca...

New rules proposed by the European Union on Tuesday stand to change the way Google, Facebook and other digital media companies and ad...

Amazon has been ordered by US District Court Judge James Robart to disclose customer information for people who purchased WEN hair...