Global industry to receive new ethics and standards set by Mobile Marketing Research Association

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The rapid growth of the mobile web and the use and sharing of its content is raising significant privacy issues among many countries worldwide, including that of consumer privacy. Recent studies have shown that many consumers are willing to give up some of their privacy in order to obtain services that they believe are of value to them and that are geared toward their own interests and likes, such as through location-based promotions and offers. Millions of mobile device users around the world are already downloading apps that use the…

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Mobile privacy laws hot topic for senate

Mobile Privacy Laws

The consumer protection subcommittee (of the Senate commerce committee) will be holding a hearing Thursday to discuss mobile privacy. Representatives from Apple, Google and Facebook will be there to speak as well as a representative from Common Sense Media. The consumer protection subcommittee will be discussing consumer privacy rights and discussing industry procedures for mobile data collection. Last week, Apple and Google faced tough questioning from members of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee about their company privacy policies. Representatives from both Apple and Google reiterated that customers have control over whether…

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