On October 6, 2025, Bloomberg reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into AppLovin Corporation’s data-collection practices, following an alleged whistleblower complaint and a series of short-seller reports. We previously covered the shareholder class action against AppLovin in another blog post. The company is a mobile advertising technology business that
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FTC hosts workshop on cross-device tracking
By Benjamin Jensen on
Posted in Data Privacy
On November 16, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a workshop focused on the growing practice of cross-device tracking and the associated privacy concerns. While many consumers are aware that their Internet browsing is tracked and used by advertisers, many are unaware they can be monitored across multiple devices while watching television, using mobile…