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We Talk Targeted Advertising and California’s “Online Eraser” Law on RT America

September 26, 2013

TF’s Berin Szoka appeared on RT America’s Tech Report today, discussing Twitter’s recent purchase of online advertising company MoPub and California’s new “Online Eraser” law....


Hey, FTC, Whatsathamattawitchew? Focus on identity theft, already!

September 25, 2013

The FTC’s raison d’etre is the prevention of consumer harm. The FTC Act prohibits unfair or deceptive acts and practices. Both proscriptions are grounded in...


Arguments set in Wyndham for 11/7: Will the FTC lose on data security?

September 24, 2013

Over the last nine years, the FTC has brought four dozen enforcement actions alleging that a failure to have reasonable data security was unfair and/or deceptive. Last...


LabMD and Data Security Event Video

September 24, 2013

Check out the full video of TechFreedom and Cause of Action‘s September 12 event on the Federal Trade Commission’s informal regulation of data security. The luncheon discussion began with...


PCWorld Covers Our LabMD Data Security Event

September 13, 2013

Yesterday, PCWorld published an article on our 9/12 data security event co-hosted with Cause of Action: …The FTC should back away from authority it says...


CNN Quotes Us on iPhone Fingerprint Scanners

September 11, 2013

… security experts largely see Touch ID as a positive step that could take society a step closer to eliminating much more hack-prone PINs and...