by justhan | Mar 19, 2014 | Commentary
Prior to its $19 billion acquisition by Facebook in February, WhatsApp promised subscribers three things: no ads, no games, no gimmicks. For the past five years, WhatsApp prided themselves on operating a simple, practical messaging service that protected user’s...
by djschaff | Oct 10, 2013 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
On September 28 of this year the Federal Trade Commission voted to seek public comments on proposed information requests to better understand patent troll practices. This move by the FTC marks the first step on the road to possibly regulating patent trolls. Patent...
by dazwick | Oct 11, 2012 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations
On October 5th, Facebook moved to dismiss allegations that it tracked users’ online activity after they logged out of the social network, because the users failed to show how they were harmed. This allegation of secretive-tracking-post-logout is the central claim of...
by burnsce | Sep 20, 2012 | Commentary
Last September the FTC filed a complaint against Myspace for alleged violation of its privacy policy. Myspace had told users it would not provide personal information about them without first getting permission. However, Myspace had been giving advertisers information...
by kevanv | May 16, 2012 | Legal/Tech News
Just over a month after Facebook’s widely-reported acquisition of Instagram for one billion dollars, there are strong signals that the purchase may be delayed by the FTC. Although Facebook’s CEO (and majority shareholder) Mark Zuckerberg was able to...
