Focus on Mobile App Transparency

Pursuant to the Obama Administration’s blueprint for consumer privacy released in February (and in accord with a request for comments published in March), the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has issued a notice setting July 12, 2012, as the date for the first meeting in its privacy multistakeholder process. Mobile app transparency will be the focus of the first meeting.

The process “will encourage stakeholders to develop a code of conduct that promotes transparent disclosures

By Jennifer Archie and Rebekah Lewis

WH Report2.JPGThe Obama Administration has unveiled a 50-page blueprint for consumer data privacy, including a recommendation for a federally legislated and FTC-enforced Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. While it would not alter existing laws, the legislation would extend privacy protections to unregulated sectors and preempt conflicting state law. The Administration’s framework also recommends a national standard for security breach notifications.

The report proposes an immediate “multistakeholder process” to develop enforceable codes of conduct, and embraces