Regulatory Rumblings Archive
February 2016
The Increasing EU Privacy Squeeze
Posted: Feb 29, 2016 9:30am ETNegotiators from the United States and the European Union recently reached an agreement on the new Privacy Shield data transfer pact. This agreement replaced the previously invalidated Safe Harbor agreement between the two continents.
READ MOREThe FCC and Internet Privacy
Posted: Feb 23, 2016 3:00pm ETSixty privacy and consumer advocates recently urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to become a “brawnier cop on the beat” under its Open Internet “net neutrality” Order. That Order is currently subject to strong legal challenge, with a decision widely expected this spring.
READ MOREAnother Misguided Attack on Prescription Drug Advertising
Posted: Feb 18, 2016 1:00pm ETRepresentative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has joined the chorus of misguided attacks on direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising. Last week she introduced the “Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act,” (H.R.4565), which would restrict DTC advertising of a new drug in the first three years after the drug’s approval.
READ MORE11th Hour US-EU Deal Protects Online Advertising Industry, But Storm Clouds Ahead
Posted: Feb 5, 2016 2:30pm ETIn a last minute major push to maintain the ability for companies to transfer consumer data between the European Union and the United States, negotiators from both continents finally have come to an agreement – the new “EU-US Privacy Shield.”
READ MOREOn the Road to Morocco
Posted: Feb 4, 2016 9:15am ETBefore the ICANN CEO, Fadi Chehade, leaves ICANN at the end of March, he will preside over his last ICANN meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco starting in early March. The twin projects of Accountability and Transition still loom large, but now the details need to be finalized in order to meet the current timeline.
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