Friday, October 16, 2009
Dear FTC: Is This the Kind of Thing You Want Me to Disclose?
A marketer offers to pay me per post. I don’t know whether to be flattered or offended.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Congress Readies an “Opt-In” Privacy Bill, and the Web Industry Cringes
Here comes the battle the online ad business has been dreading: Congress is drawing up a bill that would require users to sign up to let advertisers track their online behavior–and, if you believe online publishers, more or less destroy the online ad business.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Adding an Amazon or Apple Affiliate Link to Your Blog? The Feds Want to Know.
Let’s say you’re a small-time blogger who makes a habit out of writing about, say, music or books or software or videogames. And let’s say that you’ve decided to join an “affiliate program” that sends readers to Amazon or to Apple’s iTunes, where they can buy said product. Well, the Federal Trade Commission might like a word with you.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
FTC to Sony: Hey, Record Label, Leave Those Kids Alone
Sony’s music label will pay a $1 million fine as part of a settlement with the U.S. government in an online privacy case. Which makes it the second big label to get slapped for violating a 1998 law.
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Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider. Read more »
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