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NetChoice Takes Aim at State Legislation
May 20, 2013E-commerce trade group NetChoice takes aim at state legislation -- and at open access and privacy advocates -- in the newest list of bills it deems would be awful for the Internet. Topping NetChoice's latest iAWFUL (Internet Advocates' ...
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The U.S. Senate Has Voted to Allow States to Collect Sales Tax From Online Retailers
May 8, 2013The U.S. Senate has voted to allow states to collect sales tax from online retailers, making it more difficult to buy tax-free products online. The Senate's vote of 69-27 for the Marketplace Fairness Act late Monday sends the bill to the ...
Tags: US Senate, Internet Sales Tax
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Senate Voted 74-20 to Close Debate, Allowing States to Collect Sales Tax From Retailers
Apr 25, 2013The U.S. Senate has voted 74-20 to close debate and move to a final vote on a bill allowing states to collect sales tax from out-of-state Internet and catalog retailers. The Senate's Monday vote sets up an expedited vote on the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Debate Is Heating up Over The Revenue Threshold for Triggering Collections
Mar 22, 2013As Congress considers a law requiring online retailers to collect sales taxes nationally, debate is heating up over the revenue threshold for triggering collections. The Marketplace Fairness Act, as it's named in both House and Senate ...
Tags: Online Sales, Tax Debate, gross margins
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A Large Group of U.S. Lawmakers Require Online Retailers to Collect Sales Tax
Feb 19, 2013A large group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would require online retailers to collect sales tax for state and local governments, essentially raising the cost of many online purchases by 10 percent or more. ...
Tags: legislation, sales tax, online sales tax
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A U.S. Lawmaker Has Proposed Legislation
Jan 22, 2013A U.S. lawmaker has proposed legislation that would allow mobile phone users to ask apps to stop collecting their personal data and to delete information collected in the past. U.S. Representative Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat, ...
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Mobile Application Developers Should Minimize Privacy Surprises for Their Customers
Jan 10, 2013Mobile application developers should minimize privacy surprises for their customers by limiting their data collection and retention and giving users access to the data collected,California Attorney General Kamala Harris has recommended. ...
Tags: Mobile apps, Mobile application developers, privacy policies, Harris
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The Most Controversial Tech Issue Taken up by The Outgoing Congress Was The SOPA
Jan 5, 2013The most controversial tech issue taken up by the outgoing Congress was, by far, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This legislation drew a humongous public outcry that prompted a wholesale retreat by its supporters. But thanks to the ...
Tags: SOPA, legislation, controversial tech, outgoing Congress
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More Amendments to The Defense Bill Could Be Offered Tuesday
Dec 28, 2012An effort by three U.S. senators to add an Internet sales tax amendment to a military spending bill has failed, at least for now. Last week, Senators Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, and Lamar Alexander, ...
Tags: U.S.senators, nternet sales tax, spending bill, bill falls short
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Websites,Mobile Apps Targeting Children Will Be Required to Follow New Privacy Regulations
Dec 20, 2012Websites,mobile apps and online advertising networks targeting children will be required to follow new privacy regulations,including getting a parent's permission before collecting geo-location information and photographs from kids,under ...
Tags: privacy regulations, FTC, COPPA
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Steve DelBianco Is Worried That The U.S. Congress Will Soon Pass a Law
Dec 19, 2012Steve DelBianco is worried that the U.S. Congress will soon pass a law allowing states to collect sales taxes from most online sellers. An expected push for online sales tax legislation in Congress in 2013 is a "clear and present danger ...
Tags: Steve DelBianco, U.S.Congress, law, sales taxes, online sellers
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Mobile Apps Targeting Children Will Be Required to Follow New Privacy Regulations
Dec 19, 2012Websites, mobile apps and online advertising networks targeting children will be required to follow new privacy regulations, including getting a parent's permission before collecting geolocation information and photographs from kids, under ...
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The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration's First Step May Wrong
Jul 12, 2012IDG News Service - The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration's first step toward developing a consensus on mobile privacy standards may be the wrong step, privacy advocates said. The NTIA's first multistakeholder ...
Tags: mobile privacy, Privacy groups, mobile apps, mobile device