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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of the agency’s antitrust investigation into the popular social media giant, CNBC reported. Critics have called Facebook out before on privacy issues, usually dealing with how users’ data is disseminated for advertising or other means.

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MAY 1, 2017

To help button up its privacy offerings, Microsoft has made the decision to hire Julie Brill. As a former Obama nominee, Brill previously served as a commissioner for the FTC since 2010.

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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. The new board committee will be added to the existing team.

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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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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into the biggest five tech companies in the U.S. The FTC is investigating Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet and Microsoft over antitrust implications, and it recently asked the companies to turn over information regarding takeovers of smaller companies between the years of 2010 and 2019.

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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., 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.,

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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). The FTC is investigating whether it indeed did so.

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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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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. Subsequent data breaches at Facebook and Google have prompted Cook to call for the FTC action.

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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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MARCH 18, 2016

Consumers cannot actually hear these beacons, as the FTC noted in a release. But the software would then produce what the FTC said would amount to a “detailed log” of television viewing habits that could lead to targeted advertising.

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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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JANUARY 9, 2018

8, in the Federal Trade Commission’s first children’s privacy case involving connected toys, VTech Electronics Limited and its U.S. subsidiary agreed to settle charges filed by the FTC after the incident. VTech will pay $650,000 as part of the settlement, according to an FTC press release. Ohlhausen said in a statement.

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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 anticipated and one-time fine that Facebook will pay to the FTC stems from the agency’s investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices.

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JUNE 16, 2017

Such is life over at ridesharing firm Uber these days, which can now add to the list of its recent woes news of an FTC investigation for alleged privacy violations by the recently under siege carsharing company. Google settled with the FTC in 2012 for undisclosed data tracking in the Safari web browser for $22.5

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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. But the commission wants the common carrier exception to the FTC Act to be repealed.

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JUNE 2, 2019

It comes as the FTC and the Department of Justice quietly split up the oversight of competition for the country’s big tech companies. The paper noted it’s not clear what the FTC has planned in the case of Amazon and what the Department of Justice will do with Google. The Department of Justice and the FTC both declined to comment. “If

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Finally, after numerous privacy delays, the joint commission established by Facebook and the Social Science Research Council announced that it now had access to one of the largest social science datasets ever constructed. . Some privacy advocates were against the project.

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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. As part of the settlement with the FTC, i-Dressup and its owners have agreed to pay $35,000 in civil penalties, and are prohibited from violating COPPA.

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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. . The Houseparty platform draws youth under 24 and features group video chat.

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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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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. We are committed to protecting consumer privacy and want consumers to have confidence that companies treat their personal information responsibly. Thursday (Sept.

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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. Nor is the idea of appointing a privacy executive to oversee how it handles data.

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JULY 13, 2018

She noted that FTC has brought more than 30 actions to enforce the FCRA against consumer reporting agencies, users of consumer reports, and furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies.

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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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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. In its complaint, the FTC stated that the firm undermined phone carriers’ freedom of choice in regards to the collection of their location data.

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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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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

One source told Reuters that FTC staff has recommended that commissioners sue Facebook in federal court so as to let a group of states led by New York join in the suit. The approval of Facebook’s purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram drew fire from startup investors, privacy activists and antitrust experts.

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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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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Fraudsters have found a new favored method for the holidays, the Sears’ bankruptcy filing finally came in and the major card networks found themselves on the wrong side of India’s emerging data privacy efforts. Problems With India’s Privacy Law. Gift Cards’ New Unfavorable Fans. locations at its peak. Some major U.S.

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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. But it’s not just European regulators who want answers from Uber.

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MARCH 25, 2016

To put it in terms of things, things are rocky when it comes to security, privacy and the Internet of Things (IoT). The relationship between consumer and connected things breaks down with there’s a privacy or security breach, which inevitably becomes a breach of trust. “It’s Data Ethics By Design”.

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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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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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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

It’s been in the middle of a privacy dispute that resulted in a 2015 lawsuit filed by users in Illinois. Facebook is accused of breaking the state’s law on biometric activity, called the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Tag Suggestions, a feature that lets people tag friends, has been controversial.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

Over the course of years, Facebook reportedly enabled some of the world’s biggest tech companies to access the personal data of users — which amounted to the social media giant exempting some businesses from the privacy rules its customers thought they were protected under.

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