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Live now: We need a new privacy act to replace ECPA, argues Prof. Orin Kerr
Prof. Kerr is explaining his law review article “The Next Generation Privacy Act” at the Library of Congress. Kerr, the man who literally wrote the DOJ manual...
Congress, Allow Companies to Publish Information About Government Requests for User Data
Today, TechFreedom joined with over 70 companies and nonprofit organizations to voice support for two important bills that would allow companies to publish statistics about government...
Now in its 100th year, the FTC has become the Federal Technology Commission
Today marks the 99th anniversary of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which will be commemorated tomorrow by FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen in an public address...
We Talk Targeted Advertising and California’s “Online Eraser” Law on RT America
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....
The Federal Trade Commission Has Become the Federal Technology Commission: TF in TechDirt
Today, the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Trade Commission, TF’s Berin Szoka and Geoffrey Manne wrote in TechDirt about the agency’s dominant...
Hey, FTC, Whatsathamattawitchew? Focus on identity theft, already!
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...