PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Big Tech is under siege about its failure to respect users’ privacy as the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee expressed frustration over the companies’ many acquisitions. FTC Probing Visa, Mastercard About Debit Card Practices. Policymakers Press Big Tech On Use Of Personal Data. Investors from the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2016

The big bummer in the story this year was privacy, as users are very conflicted about exchanging access to their information for access to free or subsidized content. Ad blocking is on the rise, and half of all consumers reported being very concerned about the use of contextual information.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Less than perfect timing to announce one’s entrance into a race where everyone is always leveling up — and then proceeding to make headlines for big blocking and tackling errors like payments processing blinking out not once, but twice, in the same 48-hour period. Bitcoin Booms — Thanks to Facebook’s Libra. So what did we learn this week?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The numbers are sobering, as always: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that account takeover fraud is on the rise. Webster asked about customer data privacy as it stands in Europe, and how regulations like General Data Protection Regulation might impact the United States. Biometrics May Not Be the Panacea.

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Security Consumer Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Identity Theft 43

CB Insights

JANUARY 24, 2018

The patent details a system that would allow Amazon to detect whether customers logged onto in-store Wi-Fi are comparing prices on competitor sites, and respond by blocking access to the site, redirecting the shopper to an Amazon-approved site, or notifying a salesperson to approach the customer.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

All of those things might help to explain why, despite The Wall Street Journal ’s reporting on Friday (July 12) that the FTC had reached an agreement to fine Facebook $5 billion, the company’s stock closed at $204.87, up $3.84 (1.81 This news comes from “persons familiar with the matter,” and neither the FTC nor Facebook have commented.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

Facebook has responded to Co-founder Chris Hughes’ New York Times op-ed piece written on Thursday (May 9) calling for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to break it up, according to a report by Reuters. The social media giant rejected the idea that WhatsApp and Instagram, two Facebook acquisitions, should be broken into separate companies.

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