Tag: FTC
FTC Charges Twitter with Deceptively Using Account Security Data to Sell...
FTC and DOJ Order Twitter to Pay $150 Million Penalty for Violating 2011 FTC Order and Cease Profiting from Deceptively Collected Data
US FTC Issues Final Rule for Safeguarding Customer Information for GLBA
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION16 CFR Part 314RIN 3084-AB35
Standards for Safeguarding Customer InformationAGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.ACTION: Final Rule.
SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) is...
FTC Alleges Facebook Resorted to Illegal Buy-or-Bury Scheme to Crush Competition...
Check out the press release here.
Acting FTC Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter gives first major policy speech...
Check out the remarks here.
Popular Teen App TikTok fined by FTC for illegally collecting children’s...
The fine was 5.7 Million USD. TikTok states in the article privacy is important, but it seems like they went the ask for...
Facebook $5 billion fine is the “Sarbanes Oxley for Privacy”
FTC Commission Noah Phillips states the Facebook fine is "Sarbanes Oxley for Privacy" per the IAPP article. Will this change how companies process...
FTC Gives Final Approval to Settlement with Phone Maker BLU
The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a settlement with mobile phone manufacturer BLU Products, Inc. and its co-owner over allegations that they deceived...
THE FCC’S NET NEUTRALITY RULES ARE DEAD, BUT THE FIGHT ISN’T
Klint Finley - June 11, 2018
Federal net neutrality protections are officially dead.
Today the Federal Communications Commission's rules barring internet providers from blocking or slowing content, or...
Asked to pay by gift card? Don’t.
May 31, 2018
by Jennifer Leach
Assistant Director, Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC
Has someone asked you to go get a gift card to pay...
Electronic toymaker VTech reaches $650K FTC settlement over child privacy rule...
Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY Published 4:31 p.m. ET Jan. 8, 2018 | Updated 5:12 p.m. ET Jan. 8, 2018
Electronic toymaker VTech Technologies got a costly learning...