Daily Online Examiner – Tech Companies, App Developers Oppose FTC’s Privacy Settlement With Nomi
This week, trade groups including NetChoice (which counts Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook and Yahoo as members) and the Application Developers Alliance weighed in against the consent decree, arguing that the FTC’s decision to prosecute Nomi could backfire.
“We worry this is action sending the wrong messages to businesses,” NetChoice says. “Even if you try to do the right thing, like providing broad consumer opt-out, the FTC will bring suit for even non-material errors in a privacy policy regardless of whether consumers were harmed by any misstatements.”