PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

The Washington Post is reporting that as part of a milestone settlement against Facebook, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is going to say that Facebook lied to users about handling phone numbers and that it misled users about turning off a photo recognition tool. The new board committee will be added to the existing team.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In yet another addition to the “why we can’t have nice things” files, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report this week indicated that fraudsters love gifts cards to the extent that many are requesting them as a form of payment these days. Problems With India’s Privacy Law. locations at its peak.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The Electronic Privacy Information Center said in a 2018 letter that the sharing violated Europe’s data-privacy law and Facebook’s obligations under its 2011 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consent decree. . Some privacy advocates were against the project.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

Google could be hit with a class-action lawsuit and calls for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate its location tracking initiatives. That prompted an individual in San Diego to launch a lawsuit against Google , while activists are wondering if the practices violate the company’s 2011 agreement with the FTC.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission testified on Thursday (July 12) that enforcement of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) remains a top priority. FCRA enforcement continues to be a top priority for the Commission.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Federal Trade Commission found at least 184,000 instances of pandemic-related fraud as of Aug. Such schemes are proliferating as the pandemic and economic hard times make consumers more vulnerable than ever to crooks. As PYMNTS’ Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook recently noted, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2016

But in certain situations, you may need more aggressive enforcement,” said Roberta Karmel, a Brooklyn Law School professor. In 2011, publicly traded companies were instructed by the SEC to report attacks that could have a “material adverse effect on the business;” however, there was no strict definition of such events.

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