October 2019

Showcase your research at PrivacyCon 2020

By: Lesley Fair | Oct 11, 2019 1:36PM

How would we describe PrivacyCon 2020? Is it Burning Man without the flames? The New Orleans Jazz Festival – minus the jazz and the festival? The best way to know what PrivacyCon is all about is to mark your calendar for July 21, 2020, and attend the FTC’s fifth annual gathering of leading privacy researchers. And check out our Call for Presentations to see if PrivacyCon would be a good forum for your recent research.

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SMB Cybersecurity Survey: It’s yours for the taking

By: Lisa Weintraub Schifferle | Oct 9, 2019 4:30PM

Wondering what small and midsize businesses (SMBs) think about cybersecurity? Or maybe you work for a small or midsize business that would like to tell someone what you think. Here’s your chance. The Information Technology Sector Coordinating Council (IT SCC) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just released a voluntary survey about SMB cybersecurity practices – and they asked us to help get the word out.

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FTC settlement ends AdvoCare’s alleged pyramid scheme and bans defendants from multi-level marketing

By: Seena Gressin | Oct 2, 2019 11:31AM

A savvy business person always wants to know the shape of things to come. We won’t make predictions but, based on the FTC’s case against multi-level marketer AdvoCare International, we will say this: Don’t bet on a business model that looks like a pyramid.

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