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Developers get some tips on mobile app privacy

Mobile app developers face a huge challenge in keeping up with the fast-changing landscape of data privacy law. They got some tips Wednesday at a conference devoted to the topic in San Francisco.

By Zach Miners | 11 April, 2013 01:15

Tags: Disconnect.me, intellectual property, Lookout, legal, Hackers & Founders, mobile, Association for Competitive Technology, Truste, mozilla, mobile applications, Federal Trade Commission
FTC: App developers, stores should take new privacy steps

Mobile app developers should provide real-time disclosures to users on the personal information they collect and get permission to collect sensitive information, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has recommended.

By Grant Gross | 01 February, 2013 16:50

Tags: Jon Leibowitz, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Steve DelBianco, regulation, NetChoice, mobile, government, Association for Competitive Technology, privacy, Morgan Reed, U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Kamala Harris, security
Consumer groups cheer DOJ's move to block AT&T acquisition

Several consumer and digital rights groups applauded the U.S. Department of Justice's opposition to AT&T's proposed acquisition of rival mobile carrier T-Mobile USA, with critics of the deal saying it would have hurt consumers.

By Grant Gross | 01 September, 2011 06:48

Tags: antitrust, telecommunication, Maureen Martin, Consumers Union, Mergers and acquisitions, 4g, legal, Harold Feld, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, government, deutsche telekom, Association for Competitive Technology, broadband, U.S. Department of Justice, business issues, Derek Turner, free press, Parul Desai, regulation, Heartland Institute, Mike Wendy, mobile, T-Mobile USA, Public Knowledge, Morgan Reed, 3g, Media Access Project, at&t
Senators: New smartphone tracking law needed

The U.S. Congress needs to pass new laws to protect smartphone customers from having their locations tracked by operating systems and applications, members of a Senate subcommittee said Thursday.

By Grant Gross | 20 May, 2011 04:02

Tags: Alan Davidson, John, telecommunication, John Kerry, U.S. Senate Commerce, mobile, legislation, Amy Guggenheim Shenkan, privacy, Facebook, Morgan Reed, Apple, Science and Transportation Committee, Google, security, government, Association for Competitive Technology, David Vladeck, Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, regulation, Common Sense Media
Groups defend drunk-driving checkpoint software

Makers of applications that locate drunk-driving checkpoints are misunderstood, defenders said Wednesday, a day after four U.S. senators called for smartphone makers to pull applications from their services.

By Grant Gross | 24 March, 2011 08:44

Tags: Harry Reid, Jonathan Godfrey, telecommunication, Frank Lautenberg, Phones, Joe Scott, mobile, privacy, Tom Udall, Morgan Reed, Apple, consumer electronics, PhantomALERT, Google, security, smartphones, Association for Competitive Technology, research in motion

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Tech issues don't make much of an appearance in US presidential campaign

With the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday, it's fair to say that technology policy hasn't risen to the top of the agenda in the debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

By Grant Gross | 02 November, 2012 17:37

Tags: Scott McNealy, Meg Whitman, U.S. Congress, legislation, Barack Obama, Jot Carpenter, T-Mobile USA, Public Knowledge, Morgan Reed, Mitt Romeny, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at&t, ctia, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Association for Competitive Technology, government, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, regulation, Bartees Cox

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