A week after the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group formerly asked the commission to launch an investigation into the privacy implications of marketing practices targeted at mobile phone users, and it's clear the mobile phone could be the next battleground in a clash between consumer rights groups and the wider advertising community. I spent the last days researching the some 50 vendors listed in the complaint and the groups' claims that they threaten privacy and consumer welfare.
January 21, 2009
