PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2016

But in certain situations, you may need more aggressive enforcement,” said Roberta Karmel, a Brooklyn Law School professor. In 2011, publicly traded companies were instructed by the SEC to report attacks that could have a “material adverse effect on the business;” however, there was no strict definition of such events.

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Breach Federal Trade Commission Data Breach Rules 74

PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Federal Trade Commission found at least 184,000 instances of pandemic-related fraud as of Aug. Such schemes are proliferating as the pandemic and economic hard times make consumers more vulnerable than ever to crooks. As PYMNTS’ Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook recently noted, the U.S.

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Bitcoin Consumer Cryptocurrency Scams 93

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In yet another addition to the “why we can’t have nice things” files, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report this week indicated that fraudsters love gifts cards to the extent that many are requesting them as a form of payment these days. Problems With India’s Privacy Law. locations at its peak.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The Electronic Privacy Information Center said in a 2018 letter that the sharing violated Europe’s data-privacy law and Facebook’s obligations under its 2011 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consent decree. . Some privacy advocates were against the project.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission will soon announce the details of a settlement with Facebook over privacy violations, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal on Monday (July 22). The company already has an internal privacy team, and in 2011, it allowed for its privacy practices to be assessed by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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FTC Federal Trade Commission Privacy Settlement 46

PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2018

Facebook is defending its data sharing tool, saying it was in compliance with a 2011 privacy agreement with the Federal Trade Commission. According to Bloomberg , the FTC is investigating whether Facebook violated the 2011 law that requires the company to get consent from users before sharing information.

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