Federal Trade Commission

FTC roundtable examines cloud computing security, social media privacy

Technology can both enhance the lives of consumers and create significant privacy issues, said David Vladeck, head of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Speaking from the FTC’s second roundtable on online privacy at the University of California, Berkeley,...

Yahoo adds online privacy tool ahead of expected FTC compliance rules

FTC compliance now means new rules for social media marketing. By next year, FTC compliance could also mean ensuring that online advertising doesn’t violate tougher consumer privacy...

Amended Massachusetts data protection act focuses on risk management

As Alexander Howard reported earlier today, the Massachusetts data protection law has been amended. The revised data privacy regulations -- 201 CMR 17.00, “Standards for the Protection of Personal...

Online privacy? Principles of self-regulation emerge, feds to follow

Last week, a collection of trade organizations announced the release of a set of privacy principles for the use and collection of behavioral data in online advertising. The public adoption of these principles...

New on our compliance blogroll: Think Privacy

We noticed a new blogger joined ITKE this May Day: Matthew Barach, Esq. CIPP/G.

As his bio notes, Barach, is the founder of