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FTC Punishes P2P Company for Unfairly Tricking Users to Share Private Data
While policymakers rush write new Net regulations to protect privacy, we keep suggesting the FTC use its existing authority more effectively to punish unfair and...
Sign the Petition Urging Congress to Update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
TechFreedom has joined with a wide coalition of organizations to draft a petition urging Congress to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which has...
Copyright, Done Right: Warrantless Factory Searches Aren’t the Right Way to Stop DVD Piracy
California police will now be able to conduct warrantless searches of optical disc (DVD, CD, BluRay) factories to look for piracy and seize pirated discs,...
Revising COPPA: A Discussion of the FTC’s Proposals
Oct. 12, 2011 – 12:30pm to 2:30pm The FTC has finally released its long-awaited report on the implementation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act...
Free Market Coalition Opposes Digital Dragnet
This morning, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary will mark up H.R. 1981, a bill that would impose a broad data retention...
Sorrell: The Supreme Court Confronts Free Speech, Marketing & Privacy
July 19, 2011 – 12:00pm to 3:00pm The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Sorrell v. IMS Health has been heralded as a major victory for...