NY AG Declares Privacy Win in Mobile App Investigation
New York won settlements with two mobile app developers under investigation for failing to disclose data collection practices in privacy policies, said Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in a Thursday news release. AB Mobile Apps and Bizness Apps agreed to add…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
clearly written privacy policies to apps, he said. The attorney general didn’t find that the developers misused personal information or disclosed it to third parties. “New Yorkers have a right to know if a company collects and uses their personal information,” said Schneiderman. “In an age where data itself has become a commodity, companies must post privacy policies in a way that clearly and conspicuously discloses their data collection practices.”