Tag: FTC

Survey Suggests Majority Oppose Taxes to Save Journalism
Update: NYT's Brad Stone has written another post about Pulse. He quotes a spokesperson for the Times, who...
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Google Completes Acquisition Of AdMob
Google said today it has officially completed its acquisition of AdMob. The Google...
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FTC Launches Site Warning Of Loan Scams
The Federal Trade Commission has created a website for a fake lending company that warns people about how easy it is to be tricked by scammers charging upfront fees for bogus lo...
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Judge Orders Fraudulent ISP Shut Down
A U.S. district court judge today permanently shut down a rogue Internet Service Provider that recruited, hosted and actively participated in the distribution of spam spyware, c...
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FTC Supports Better Protections For People Selling Jewelry Online
The Federal Trade Commission told the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce on Thursday it supports proposed legislation aimed at protecting consumers who sell gold and jewelry to...
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FTC Possibly Set To Oppose Google-Admob Deal
The Federal Trade Commission is not going to give Google's acquisition of AdMob a thumbs up, according to new reports.  Indeed, the FTC seems likely to take the opposite ap...
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Watchdog Group Calls For Stronger Online Child Privacy Law
The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing today about issues surrounding the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and if it should be updated to address online da...
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FTC Launches Site To Teach Kids About Advertising
The Federal Trade Commission has launched a new advertising literacy campaign aimed at helping older children understand the ads they say and become smarter consumers....
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Senator Contests Facebook’s New Approach To Privacy
Privacy experts and random users are no longer the only ones complaining about how Facebook's latest moves have affected privacy.  Senator Charles Schumer made an objection...
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Google Shares Privacy Comments Submitted to FTC
Google is sharing its FTC Roundtable Comments document it submitted last week in response to the FTC's recent "Exploring Pr...
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Does Apple’s iAd Have the Right Stuff for Mobile Advertising?
This week, among other things, Apple unleashed its new mobile advertising platform called iAd. This is based on the company's...
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FTC Complaint Targets Google, Microsoft, Yahoo
The Center for Digital Democracy, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), and the World Privacy Forum may have just created some problems for Google, Mi...
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FTC Promoting Online Child Safety
The Federal Trade Commission reported to Congress it is getting the word out about Internet safety for children by heavily promoting a new free booklet, "Net Cetera: Chatti...
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Lawmakers Call On FTC To Review Google Privacy Policy
Congressman John Barrow (D-GA) along with a number of other lawmakers sent a letter last week to the Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz calling for the protection o...
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Have an Employee Social Media Policy for FTC Compliance
The FTC guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials that were updated in December have been the cause of a lot...
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