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In December, we warned that New Jersey could see a boom in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class actions. Now it looks like Michigan will get hit with a similar increase in telemarketing-related suits.
On the same day that the FTC released its new report on mobile privacy, the Commission also announced its latest online mobile privacy enforcement action, an $800,000 settlement with the operator of the Path social networking app.
On February 1, 2013, the FTC released its latest privacy-focused report, Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency.