So I was intrigued when Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) called me recently to say he wants lawmakers to stop pretending like we do. “Nobody reads the small print,” he said. “You end up giving up far too much data.” Congress has been debating a consumer privacy law since before there were Web browsers, but the […]
With so many small businesses closed, one of major lifelines that company owners are counting on during the coronavirus pandemic is the $349B forgivable loans that the Federal government approved in the form of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). On the Small Business Radio Show this week, I interviewed Senator Marco Rubio, the Chairman of
Senator Marco Rubio: How to Participate in Paycheck Protection Program Read More »
FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the internet. Frustrated by privacy lapses by US companies, Democrat Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has introduced proposed federal legislation referred to as the Mind Your Own Business Act (the Act). If enacted, this law could put serious teeth into
Oregon Senator Proposes Robust Federal Privacy Legislation Read More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Marco Rubio on Wednesday asked a U.S. national security panel to review TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co’s acquisition of Musical.ly, saying TikTok is used by the Chinese government to censor politically sensitive content. FILE PHOTO: People are seen at the Bytedance Technology booth at the Digital China exhibition in Fuzhou,
TikTok’s Musical.ly deal needs U.S. national security review: senator Read More »
Earlier today Senator Orrin Hatch called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to open a new antitrust investigation of Google in a letter to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons. Hatch is the latest legislator to do so. Combined with other events, Hatch’s request suggests that sentiments in legislative and regulatory circles may be turning against Google
US senator calls on FTC to open new antitrust investigation against Google Read More »
A Democrat Delaware Senator caught attempting to sneak a “molded plastic firearm” into the Oval Office is fake news. There is no truth to a report that Democrat Delaware Senator Mel Shearer tried to smuggle a weapon into the West Wing in order to kill President Donald Trump. Where did this fake news originate? Freedum
