Google, YouTube to pay $170m for collecting data on kids for targeted advertising
YouTube banned from using behavioral advertising on kids content, but it’s not watertight.
YouTube banned from using behavioral advertising on kids content, but it’s not watertight.
Facebook settles FTC privacy charges but two commissioners think the terms won't change the company's behavior.
Equifax settlement comes ahead of Facebook’s expected $5bn penalty.
The VisualDiscovery Superfish adware that Lenovo loaded on to thousands of laptops not only slowed browsing but also used a sneaky opt-in practice that Microsoft later used with Windows 10.
Mark Hachman | 06 Sep | Read more
Lenovo settles with the FTC over its Superfish adware fiasco and is now banned from asking for consent in its end user license agreement.
Uber is banned from misrepresenting how it protects customer data and faces two decades of privacy audits.
A firm with operations in India and the US has been charged for using pop-up ads to scare consumers into calling tech support to pay for services they don’t need.
US regulators have launched an inquiry to discover how exactly iPhones and Android smartphone patches are distributed and whether consumers can find out if and when they’re available.
IT outsourcing customers must take greater care in building cyber-risk protection into their IT services and cloud computing deals.
Stephanie Overby | 07 Apr | Read more
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved an order that binds Oracle to being truthful with consumers about the security of updates for its widely-installed Java SE software.
The FTC’s PrivacyCon will include brief privacy and security research presentations, along with expert panel discussions on the latest privacy and security challenges facing consumers. Whitehat researchers and academics will discuss the latest security vulnerabilities, explain how they can be exploited to harm consumers, and highlight research affecting consumer privacy and data security.
Michael Cooney | 28 Aug | Read more
As technology plays a bigger role in running our homes, connecting our cars, and handling our finances, the Federal Trade Commission wants to keep a closer watch on the privacy and security implications.
Jared Newman | 25 Mar | Read more
Given the amount of time the FTC and others have put into curing the robocall problem, it is disheartening to hear that a group of companies for almost a year have been making billions of illegal robocalls.
Michael Cooney | 05 Mar | Read more
First the FCC slapped Marriott International with a $600K fine for Wi-Fi blocking and issued a follow-up enforcement warning to the masses. Now the FTC has issued a hotel Wi-Fi warning of its own.
The scams that plague the IRS were on display again this week as the Federal Trade Commission said the number of consumer complaints about criminals impersonating IRS officials was nearly 24 times more than in 2013.
Michael Cooney | 27 Jan | Read more