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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...