Debt Brokers Settle FTC Charges They Exposed Consumers’ Information Online
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Defendants posted bank account numbers of 55,000 consumers
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Federal Register Notice
American International Mailing, Inc.; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment
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FTC Settles with Two Companies Falsely Claiming to Comply with International Safe Harbor Privacy Framework
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Two U.S. businesses have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges they falsely claimed they were abiding by an international privacy framework known as the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor, which enables...
Statement of Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, and Commissioners Julie Brill and Maureen K. Ohlhausen regarding the Google Investigation
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By
Edith Ramirez, Former Chairwoman;
Julie Brill, Former Commissioner;
Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner
Statement of Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, and Commissioners Julie Brill and Maureen K. Ohlhausen regarding the Google Investigation
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The Federal Trade Commission conducted an exhaustive investigation of Google’s internet search practices during 2011 and 2012. Based on a comprehensive review of the voluminous record and extensive...
FTC Rules Jerk, LLC and John Fanning Deceived Consumers, Violated FTC Act
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The Federal Trade Commission has granted summary decision against the operators of Jerk.com, a website that billed itself as “the anti-social network,” for deceiving users about the source of content...
FTC Approves Final Order In TRUSTe Privacy Case
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After a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order resolving the Commission’s complaint against TRUSTe, Inc. for deceiving consumers about its privacy seal program...
FTC To Host Workshop on Cross-Device Tracking Nov. 16
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a workshop on Nov. 16, 2015, to examine the privacy issues around the tracking of consumers’ activities across their different devices for advertising and...
Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen - In the Matter of Health Discovery Corporation, and FTC v. Avrom Boris Lasarow, et al.
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Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Former Commissioner
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132 3210
132 3211
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Statement of Commissioner Ohlhausen, Commissioner Wright, and Commissioner McSweeny Concerning Zillow, Inc/Trulia, Inc
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Matter Number
141 0214
FTC Approves Final Orders In PaymentsMD Privacy Case
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After a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final orders resolving complaints that PaymentsMD, LLC and its former CEO, Michael C. Hughes , violated consumers’ privacy by...
FTC Concludes Review of AgeCheq’s Second Proposed COPPA Verifiable Parental Consent Method
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Following a public comment period and review of AgeCheq, Inc.’s second proposed Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule verifiable parental consent method, the Federal Trade Commission has...
Website Operator Banned from the ‘Revenge Porn’ Business After FTC Charges He Unfairly Posted Nude Photos
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The operator of an alleged “revenge porn” website is banned from publicly sharing any more nude videos or photographs of people without their affirmative express consent, under a settlement with the...
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