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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The Internal Revenue Service warned Thursday (Nov. 17) of a new tax bill scam in which unwitting consumers receive a fake IRS notice that contends they owe the government money because of the Affordable Care Act. consumers of a new, nationwide IRS impersonation scam occurring during last year’s tax season.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Here’s the latest news from the technology industry, which is coming under increasing scrutiny from governments and consumers around the world. The tax would apply to companies depending on the amount of money they make from ads that Maryland consumers view, with levy ranging from 2.5 10) statement from the European Commission.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

You don’t bolt-on privacy,” Cook said at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference on Tuesday (Nov, 19). Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to create a new framework to increase the transparency of companies that handle user data, and allow consumers to monitor where their information is going and remove any data on demand.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

As reported by Reuters on Monday (Nov. The gathering was expected to be similar to one held in New York in October, where state and federal enforcers from the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission discussed their probe of Facebook,” Reuters reported. Absent from the roster is Alabama and California.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

News comes, as reported by The New York Times Monday (Nov. Rosen said law enforcement could look into privacy, consumer protection and other areas throughout its investigations. For Big Tech: More investigations, and broader ones, too. On a number of fronts.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The Chancellor and Prime Minister agreed not to take forward the budget on [Nov. The move comes as Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee has estimated that fraudsters stole as much as $777 million USD equivalent from consumers in the U.K. As noted by Bloomberg last week, the December elections on deck for the U.K. I n The States.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

According to a report in Fortune published Wednesday (Nov. have called on congressional hearings and asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to look into the latest scandal at the ridesharing company. . 22), regulators in the U.K., Lawmakers in the U.S. Meanwhile, in the U.K.,

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AUGUST 19, 2019

Per the terms of the executive order, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be asked to open a public complaint docket and to work with the FCC to investigate how these companies operate their platforms. The compliance date has been pushed back to Nov. In the UK, Too. CFPB and Payday Lending. District Judge Lee Yeakel.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

In response to the investigations, an Uber spokesman said in a statement, “We’ve been in touch with several attorney general offices and the [Federal Trade Commission] to discuss this issue, and we stand ready to cooperate with them going forward.”. Privacy regulators for the European Union said Wednesday (Nov.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday (Nov. The FTC’s 2009 order required MoneyGram to protect consumers from fraud through its money transfer system, and, today, we are holding MoneyGram accountable for its failure to do so,” said FTC Chairman Joe Simons in the Thursday announcement.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A group of key Senate Democrats on Tuesday (Nov. The Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (COPRA) would protect online users’ right to privacy and prohibit companies from concealing what is done with users’ personal information. All are members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

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