Tag: Federal Trade Commission
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Avast ordered to pay $16.5 million for misuse of user data
The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider Avast to pay $16.5 million and prohibit the company from selling or licensing …
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Leidos Receives Contract to Help Enhance FTC Cybersecurity Infrastructure
Leidos has received a potential five-year, $12 million prime contract from the Federal Trade Commission to oversee and manage the …
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Cybersecurity engineering under the Federal Trade Commission
When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) releases new regulations or changes to existing ones, the implications may not be obvious to the …
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To settle with the DoJ, Uber must confess to a cover-up. And it did.
Uber covered up the 2016 data breach that affected its 57 million customers and drivers. The confession came as part of the settlement …
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The FTC will go after companies misusing location, health, and other sensitive data
After the overturning of Roe V Wade, many feared that using, having access to, and sharing reproductive and sexual health data—once done …
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U.S. FTC Vows to Crack Down on illegal Use and Sharing of Citizens’ Sensitive Data
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned this week that it will crack down on tech companies’ illegal use and sharing of highly …
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LGBTQ+ community targeted by extortionists who threaten to publish nudes
The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has warned the LGBTQ+ community about extortionists posing as potential romantic partners on Grindr and …
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5 ways to avoid being catfished
Today, many Americans will head out to the water—not to swim, but to catch a catfish in time for National Catfish Day. But when we talk …
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More than a quarter of Americans fell for robocall scam calls in past year
More and more Americans have been falling victim to phone scams since 2019. According to the latest report from Truecaller (Google Docs …
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Twitter fined $150M after using 2FA phone numbers for marketing
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have ordered Twitter to pay a $150M penalty for using users’ …
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FTC bans SpyFone and its CEO from continuing to sell stalkerware
Nearly two years after the US Federal Trade Commission first took aim against mobile apps that can non-consensually track people’s …
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48 Advocacy Groups Call on the FTC to Ban Amazon Surveillance
“The harms caused by this widespread, unregulated corporate surveillance pose a direct threat to the public at large, especially for …
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