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DECEMBER 6, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found on Friday (Dec. The FTC also found that the firm lied about how it was participating in the Privacy Shield framework between the EU and the U.S., In July, Facebook agreed to pay $5 billion to the FTC to resolve the probe into the matter.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into the biggest five tech companies in the U.S. Digital technology companies are a big part of the economy and our daily lives,” said FTC Chairman Joseph Simons. has expanded with a new inquiry about acquisitions, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

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JULY 17, 2020

Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate has violated U.S. An FTC spokeswoman declined to comment. antitrust laws, sources told The Wall Street Journal.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive who has emerged as a powerful privacy advocate, has called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to put in place a new framework to increase the transparency of companies that handle user data. The executive said that he, along with others, will request that U.S.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

Amid an approaching Federal Trade Commission (FTC) meeting, Facebook has advocated for rules that make it simpler for users to move media to a competing technology firm, Reuters reported. The FTC often issues reports following these workshops,” Facebook Privacy and Public Policy Manager Bijan Madhani told the newswire. “I

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MAY 12, 2020

The Federal Trade Commission may be looking into privacy concerns surrounding online video call software Zoom , Chairman Joseph Simons revealed. But an FTC probe would not necessarily result in any charges or fines toward the company.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

Officials at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are considering the possibility of a preliminary injunction against Facebook over antitrust issues related to how the social media giant’s apps interact with each other, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The FTC action could happen as soon as next month.

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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.

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JUNE 12, 2019

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that there are emails sent by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that possibly link him to troublesome privacy issues at the company. The emails came to light during the ongoing federal probe by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

million by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the illegal collection of data from children, the FTC said on Wednesday (Feb. This is the largest civil penalty ever obtained by the Commission in a children’s privacy case,” the FTC said. TikTok has been fined a record $5.7

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AUGUST 13, 2020

In June, Reuters reported the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is conducting a preliminary inquiry of Google’s $1.1 A source told the news service that the FTC has not reached the level of an investigation into Google and the company is complying. Google and the FTC declined to comment.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Facebook could soon be staring down a lawsuit as the Federal Trade Commission and numerous states attorneys general finish up one or more antitrust cases against the social media giant, Reuters reports. Also, the lawsuits are likely to allege that Facebook withheld data from rival companies as a method to crush competition.

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MARCH 18, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission issued warning letters to 12 app developers that have installed software that can monitor the microphones that are part of devices. Consumers cannot actually hear these beacons, as the FTC noted in a release.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Regulators in the United States have reportedly met to discuss levying fines against social media giant Facebook , a punishment that could be sizable in scope and which comes in the wake of privacy violations. Other data privacy issues have been reported beyond that linkup. million paid by Google in 2012.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

When the independent research commission Social Science One launched in 2018 to study Facebook data, scientists never thought it would take two years to get their hands on information, according to reports on Thursday (Feb. Some privacy advocates were against the project.

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JUNE 2, 2019

According to a report in The Washington Post citing people familiar with the matter, under the agreement the Federal Trade Commission more closely regulates the eCommerce giant. It comes as the FTC and the Department of Justice quietly split up the oversight of competition for the country’s big tech companies.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

The Federal Trade Commission wants changes to the FTC Act that would allow it to provide better protection to consumers and increase competition. The FTC provided written testimony by FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and Commissioners Maureen K. Ohlhausen and Terrell McSweeny to the U.S.

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APRIL 25, 2019

Two consumer websites have settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that they did not secure consumers’ data, allowing hackers to breach both sites. They must also provide an annual certification of compliance to the FTC. Unixiz, Inc.,

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AUGUST 20, 2019

Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) Chairman Joseph Simons said that if Facebook has plans to merge Instagram and WhatsApp more closely into its ecosphere, it could be harder to break the tech giant up, if it comes to that, according to a report by Reuters. .

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

An open letter to Congress asking for a consumer data privacy law was signed by 51 CEOs across tech and other industries, CNBC reported on Tuesday (Sept. Executives from the Business Roundtable said in the letter that putting a federal law in place is important and necessary to protect American consumers while also ensuring that the U.S.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

This week, the ride-hailing company has made arrangements to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that it did not protect consumer privacy in a 2014 breach. The drama that wages on with Uber may be coming a halt soon — at least on one front anyway.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Facebook to Migrate UK Users to California Privacy Agreement Due to Brexit. users into new agreements with its California headquarters, effectively going around the EU’s stringent privacy regulations as Britain prepares to leave the EU. Facebook Ad Criticizes Apple Over Privacy Changes. Facebook will transition its U.K.

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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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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that privacy is something that needs to be a factor throughout a product’s entire development process. You don’t bolt-on privacy,” Cook said at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference on Tuesday (Nov, 19). You can see what happens when companies wake up one day and decide they’re going to do something privacy-wise.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Rosen said law enforcement could look into privacy, consumer protection and other areas throughout its investigations. As reported by Reuters, FTC Chair Joe Simons said the Technology Enforcement Division (known as TED for short) has been focusing its investigations into other companies. “We

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APRIL 24, 2019

More consumers keep using Facebook even as the social network said on Wednesday (April 24) that it faces a fine of between $3 billion and $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission over privacy. The federal agency has accused the social media platform of violating a privacy consent decree from 2011.

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MAY 9, 2019

In a New York Times op-ed on Thursday (May 9), Hughes said it is time for the government to hold Facebook CEO Zuckerberg accountable, arguing that an impending $5 billion fine by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) isn’t enough punishment for the company.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

In a new report, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) provided recommendations for the industry on how to support transparency and choice for consumers when using cross-device tracking technology. However, the report also acknowledges that cross-device tracking often takes place without consumers’ knowledge.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

The safety and privacy of Venmo users and their information is always a top priority, and we do a number of things to keep our users informed and help them protect and control their privacy.”. The discussions are the result of growing concerns over the app’s privacy.

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DECEMBER 24, 2019

In its ongoing attempts to fix its privacy standards, Facebook will no longer use phone numbers to determine who one sees on their “people you may know” list, according to Reuters. The move is an attempt by the company — which has been dogged by privacy scandals for years now — to correct misuses of peoples’ data.

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JULY 25, 2019

(The Paypers) The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that Facebook will pay a record USD 5 billion fine to settle privacy concerns.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

(The Paypers) The Federal Trade Commission has alleged in a complaint against Uber that the ride-sharing service failed to honor its promise to monitor employees' ability to access consumers' geolocation data.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Privacy regulators of the European Union said Wednesday (Nov. have called for congressional hearings and asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to look into the latest scandal at the ride-sharing company. and Germany will all be part of the task force. Lawmakers in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) has received a complaint against Facebook that alleges the social media giant wrongfully disclosed information on members of closed groups. At least in some cases, this was done contrary to the specific privacy decisions made by Facebook users.”.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

According to Bloomberg , the Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether YouTube breached the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by using targeted, or “behavioral,” ads on videos that are likely to be watched by children. A spokesperson for YouTube declined to comment, as did the FTC.

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JUNE 3, 2019

Shares in Facebook were down 8 percent after a Wall Street Journal story revealed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will have jurisdiction to examine the social media company over competition concerns. The new agreement between the DOJ and the FTC increases the potential for serious change.

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JUNE 16, 2019

The speech encompassed privacy violations and data breaches, among other topics, CNBC reported. Cook said, “We see it every day now with every data breach, every privacy violation, every blind eye turned to hate speech, fake news poisoning out national conversation, the false miracles in exchange for a single drop of your blood.”

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