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Brought to You by the FTC: Event on Digital Marketing and Blurred Advertising to Kids

LexBlog IP

As an aside, these things used to be called “workshops.” In the proposed revision, the FTC put in a place marker for Kid Endorsements, saying, “Endorsements in advertisements addressed to children may be of special concern because of the character of the audience.

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Instead of Shining a Light on Dark Patterns, New FTC Report Leaves Many Questions Unanswered

LexBlog IP

For some time now, dark patterns have been quite the trending topic for both marketers and privacy professionals. But back here, other than high-level, broad definitions that could theoretically deem advertising itself a dark pattern, there has been a lack of clarity on the issue. The reader is simply left to speculate.

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Ping® May 2022 – Improving Affiliate Engagement

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David Adler takes clients through the ins-and-outs of providing advertisers, merchants, agencies and affiliates the tools they need for running a trustworthy and successful business. On May 25, 2022 David Adler is presenting Trafficking in Trust: How to Enhance Affiliate Engagement an AMDays Workshop at Affiliate Summit East 22.

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The Danger of Dark Patterns

LexBlog IP

The Staff Report is derived from a virtual workshop the FTC held in April 2021 addressing user interfaces across websites and mobile apps. Otherwise, as exhibited by the FTC’s latest enforcement action against dark patterns, failing to employ appropriate marketing and advertising could end up costing you … $100 million.

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Hollywood and Netflix Flag ‘Priority’ Piracy Threats

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IP workshops with Bulgarian officials, and international law enforcement cooperation, the Bulgarian P2P network, and major content release16 hub, RARBG ended its operations at the end of May 2023,” MPA writes, referring to our earlier reporting. “Following a series of ACE actions, a spate of U.S. net, Dy2018.com, IO Registry –.CC

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Auld Lang Syne 2021 – Significant Events of the Past Year

LexBlog IP

There are many things one could reflect on, but this blog is about advertising and marketing law, so we’ll stick to that. In recent weeks, over a thousand companies have received these letters, which cover a variety of advertising and marketing practices, including endorsements , business opportunities and for-profit education claims.

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Nine Things You Should Know About the New FTC Rulemaking on Privacy and Targeted Advertising

LexBlog IP

” More specifically, the agency issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security and announced a related workshop on the topic. Indeed, if there is a privacy or security issue that you have pondered recently, there is a good chance that it is mentioned in the ANPR.

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