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Yahoo’s Breach Epitaph

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SEC data breach disclosure rules are vague to say the least. According to Warner, less than 100 of 9,000 public companies have reported a data breach since 2010. “I The reason, according to lawyers, is that breaches are difficult to assess and whether they have an adverse effect is not always straightforward.

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Why US Credit Card Fraud Complaints Are On The Rise

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ValuePenguin analyzed data collected by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and found that there were approximately 70,000 credit card fraud complaints submitted in 2015. The significant jump in complaints, also a record number for complaints submitted to the Federal Trade Commission, are predicted to worsen in the future.

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Consumer Watchdog Wants More Than Regulation For Facebook

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It would also give enforcement authority to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Consumer Watchdog pointed out that Facebook’s latest breach violates its 2011 consent decree with the FTC, adding that the social media giant should be fined.

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Preventing payment fraud and shadow spending

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billion in 2011 to $32.39 According to the Federal Trade Commission, USA, over 1.4 Data Breaches: Hackers infiltrate the organization's systems or third-party platforms to steal sensitive payment information and use it for fraudulent purposes. Payment fraud has tripled from $9.84

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Why Regulation Won’t Fix Credit Reporting Agencies

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Thirty years later, I find their tagline a rather fitting metaphor for the Equifax data breach and the flurry of headlines made by everyone who now wants to take them — and their two credit reporting agency compadres, Experian and TransUnion — out to the regulatory woodshed. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D – Mass.)

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FTC Wades Into Facebook’s Latest Data Scandal

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Facebook , the social media giant embroiled in a new consumer data scandal, is being pursued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the main agency for enforcing privacy policies. The FTC should use all of its power to prevent this from ever happening again.”.

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Advocacy Groups Call On FTC To Break Up Facebook

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Facebook is facing breakup calls from a handful of advocacy groups that want the Federal Trade Commission to explore breaking up the social media giant. The group argued in the draft letter that Facebook should be forced to unwind those acquisitions because it didn’t protect users’ data.

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