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Data Spotlight

Paying to get paid: gamified job scams drive record losses

A job you truly enjoy is a good thing, but if the work feels more like an online game than an actual job, you can bet it’s a scam. Reported losses to job scams increased more than threefold from 2020
Blog Post

New Bureau of Economics Conflicts Disclosure Policy

Aviv Nevo and Ted Rosenbaum
In the Bureau of Economics, we value an open exchange of ideas between our staff and experts outside the agency. Such an exchange enables us to learn new ideas and perspectives, hone our professional
Technology Blog

Unpacking Real Time Bidding through FTC’s case on Mobilewalla

Staff in the Office of Technology & Division of Privacy and Identity Protection
The FTC recently announced a new enforcement action in which it alleged that the data broker Mobilewalla collected and retained sensitive location information from consumers—often without their
Technology Blog

Data Clean Rooms: Separating Fact from Fiction

Staff in the Office of Technology and the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection
Don’t judge a book by its cover – how a technology is named doesn’t tell you how it is used. This is the case with Data Clean Rooms (“DCRs”), which are not rooms, do not clean data, and have
Competition Matters

Planning for the new HSR Form

Bureau of Competition
As antitrust practitioners know, parties to certain mergers and acquisitions are required to submit premerger notification forms that disclose information about their proposed deal and business
Business Blog

FTC staff report analyzes 70 MLM income disclosure statements

Karen Hobbs
Think your MLM income disclosure statement is a model of clarity? Think again. Think your disclosure supports claims that participants can earn lots of extra money if they join? Think again (again)
Data Spotlight

Bitcoin ATMs: A payment portal for scammers

Emma Fletcher
Bitcoin ATMs (or BTMs) [1] have been popping up at convenience stores, gas stations, and other high-traffic areas for years. [2] For some, they’re a convenient way to buy or send crypto, but for
Technology Blog

Avoiding Outages and Preventing Widespread System Failures

Staff at the FTC
As with previously discussed security principles, many common types of software flaws can be preemptively addressed through systematic and known processes that prevent or minimize the likelihood of
Business Blog

Don’t waste your energy on a solar scam

Larissa Bungo
Solar energy and other high efficiency home improvements can help reduce energy consumption and lower utility costs for homeowners. As going solar or using clean or renewable energy gets more popular
Technology Blog

No, hashing still doesn't make your data anonymous

Staff in the Office of Technology
The Federal Trade Commission routinely evaluates the privacy representations a company makes against their data handling practices. [1] When discrepancies arise between claim and reality, incorrect