Self-Regulatory Actions Signal Warning for Mobile Apps That Allow Third Parties to Collect Information for Interest-Based Advertising

Self-Regulatory Actions Signal Warning for Mobile Apps That Allow Third Parties to Collect Information for Interest-Based Advertising

Publication

An article by Reed Freeman and Patrick Bernhardt, published in Bloomberg BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report. discusses two recent actions against mobile application developers for allowing third parties to collect user data for advertising purposes, highlighting a trend of increasing privacy enforcement within the industry.

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