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FTC Issues Opinion On Cambridge Analytica Scandal

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found on Friday (Dec. The original probe was triggered by allegations that Facebook violated a 2012 consent decree with the FTC by sharing personal information of about 87 million users with Cambridge Analytica.

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MoneyGram To Settle With FTC For $125M

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday (Nov. According to the FTC , the company violated the settlement struck in 2012 that stemmed from charges that the company had aided and abetted wire fraud. This announcement came separately on Thursday. and Canada.

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Valeant Peels Off Skincare Lines To L’Oréal For $1.3B

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Drug company Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is shedding four of its brands — three skincare and one cancer treatment business — and experts say it’s good money, considering what the company original bought those brands for. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Google Tracker: Making Allies And Enemies

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2012 not to use third-party content such as images and reviews from parties that opted out, a practice known as “scraping.” The company is now demanding the Federal Trade Commission reopen that 2012 Google case “ immediately.”. Google agreed in Dec. Can I Get A Lyft? Take My Money.

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FTC Puts The Smackdown On Fake Online Reviews

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which was pretty busy this week on issues related to digital commerce and payments. The Hassell Law Group represented Ava Bird in a 2012 personal injury case for three months. Now comes news of a groundbreaking case involving fake reviews. It comes from the U.S. Power of Reviews.

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Hard Knocks Edition: MCX, EMV And Square

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2012 with the intention of creating a mobile-only, merchant-owned payments scheme that ran over ACH rails. 2013 that MCX was doomed from the start and would ultimately be more expensive to support than the members originally anticipated. MCX’s owner-members remain committed to our future.” Durbin was writing last week.

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Deep Dive: GDRP And The EU’s New Rules Of Data Handling

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That effort kicked off in 2012, when the European Commission first began taking steps to advance data protections in the EU. Four years later, the Commission has reached an agreement on which rules to include in reforms and also how they will be enforced. The Need for Greater GDPR Compliance.

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