Richard B. Newman on Inside Edition We periodically publish guest posts from Internet Law Attorney and Regulatory Investigation Lawyer Richard B. Newman on topics that affect our readers. Key Takeaways from the FTC’s Landmark Privacy Report Now, more than ever, it is critical that companies adopt meaningful and compliant privacy policies. On March 26, 2012 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) published a landmark privacy report entitled … [Read more...]
Proposed FTC COPPA Changes Include Yet ANOTHER Call for National ID
Internet Attorney Richard B. Newman keeps me apprised of important legal issues that affect all of us and I make sure others know about them. The day after the FTC announced proposed changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Richard had already done an in-depth analysis on how COPPA changes will affect businesses, publishers, advertisers and mobile app developers. The next three quotes are from that analysis: "The FTC has now proposed significant modifications to … [Read more...]