Archive of all posts about common carrier by Professor Daniel J. Solove for his blog at TeachPrivacy, a privacy awareness and security training company.
In a very important decision, FTC v. AT&T Mobility (9th Cir. 2018 en banc), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit en banc reversed an earlier panel decision that severely limited the FTC’s jurisdiction to protect privacy and data security. I strongly criticized the panel decision in an previous blog post. The FTC has taken […]
Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued a decision with profound implications for consumer privacy protection law. In FTC v. AT&T Mobility (9th Cir. Aug. 29, 2016), a 3-judge panel of the 9th Circuit held that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lacks jurisdiction over companies that engage in common carrier activity. […]