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FTC and DOJ Charge Amazon with Violating Children’s Privacy Law by Keeping Kids’ Alexa Voice Recordings Forever and Undermining Parents’ Deletion Requests
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice will require Amazon to overhaul its deletion practices and implement stringent privacy safeguards to settle charges the company violated the...
FTC Says Ring Employees Illegally Surveilled Customers, Failed to Stop Hackers from Taking Control of Users' Cameras
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The Federal Trade Commission charged home security camera company Ring with compromising its customers’ privacy by allowing any employee or contractor to access consumers’ private videos and by...
FTC Approves Final Order Requiring Mastercard to Stop Blocking the Use of Competing Debit Payment Networks
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Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission finalized a consent order settling charges that Mastercard used illegal business tactics to force merchants to route debit card payments...
Upcoming Events
Nov02
Sixteenth Annual Microeconomics Conference
November 2, 2023 - November 3, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics and the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale University will host the 16th Annual FTC Microeconomics Conference on November 2 and 3, 2023 in...
Past Events
May18
A Clear Look at the Eyeglass Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop on May 18, 2023, to examine proposed changes to its Ophthalmic Practice Rules, also known as the Eyeglass Rule (16 C.F.R. Part 456). The...