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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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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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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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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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DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has mandated that nine social media companies and streaming services — including Amazon , Facebook , TikTok , Reddit , and more — turn over information about how they collect data, according to a press release. Wilson said in a joint statement.

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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). Facebook will create a new board committee that will solely exist to focus on privacy, as part of the settlement. .

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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 lawsuits are expected to focus on Facebook’s reported violations of antitrust law in order to keep its robust share of the market, Reuters reports.

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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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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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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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AUGUST 7, 2018

The legislation is expected to “almost certainly pre-empt state regulation of online privacy,” such as California , which has adopted new privacy laws that are some of the toughest in the country. The Journal noted that the legislation should include some of the things that the tech companies are urging.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

18) that the Justice Department may widen investigations into whether tech giants such as Facebook and Google have violated antitrust laws. Rosen said law enforcement could look into privacy, consumer protection and other areas throughout its investigations. News comes, as reported by The New York Times Monday (Nov.

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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. Big Tech Could Face Penalties Under Potential UK Law on Illicit Content. Facebook’s U.K.

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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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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In July, it was announced that Facebook had reached a $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over privacy violations. The social media giant has been under scrutiny via multiple antitrust investigations. Shortly thereafter, the agency launched another probe into the company’s competition tactics.

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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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MAY 29, 2019

” The new Alexa Privacy Hub also offers a single source of information on how Echo devices are designed and the controls customers have over Alexa ,Amazon said in the press release. It also states that Amazon violated federal laws that protect children’s privacy online, and urges the FTC to investigate.

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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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JANUARY 6, 2020

prepares for a potential Iranian cyberattack, and businesses are expected to spend $55 billion to become compliant under the California Consumer Privacy Act. Businesses To Spend $55B On CA Privacy Law Compliance. Companies are expected to spend $55 billion to become compliant under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

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JUNE 14, 2019

In the debate between breaking up Big Tech and homing in more on privacy regulation, some observers propose seeking a balance. Former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman and George Washington University Law School Professor William Kovacic believes there’s a “synthesis” between the two sides, but he thinks U.S.

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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, according to an FTC press release. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada collaborated with the FTC under the U.S.

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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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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

We are open to meaningful regulation and support the committee’s recommendation for electoral law reform,” Reuters quoted Palant as saying. An exact amount hadn’t been agreed upon as of last week, but the fine is expected to be the largest to ever be imposed by the FTC on a technology company. Google in 2012 paid $22.5

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Cuomo said the sharing of data was “an outrageous abuse of privacy,” and that federal regulators should join the investigation and “help us put an end to this practice.”. The company is also being investigated by the U.S.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

The FTC is leading a Facebook investigation, while the DOJ is taking the lead in an investigation of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. . to come up with a national privacy law have hit a wall, with Senators unable to agree on how strict the rule should be. Efforts from lawmakers in the U.S.

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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 9, 2019

12), the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee will hold a hearing on issues top of mind in the digital realm — touching on how data and privacy affect competition online, and specifically, for online marketplaces. For Big Tech , expect fireworks for fall, or a September to remember. This Thursday (Sept.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust investigation leveled at Facebook (which was recently fined $5 billion in the wake of findings it had mishandled users’ data) has trained its sights on the social media giant’s acquisitions – in particular, whether the company bought firms in an effort to stop them from becoming rivals.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

She called on the EU to change laws that have given these web platforms immunity from the content on their sites. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). “On liability, new thinking is needed.”

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APRIL 9, 2019

Warner said the proposed bill might be included in a federal privacy bill being drafted by the Senate Commerce Committee. California passed a stringent privacy law that will soon go into effect, and Congress has been expected to follow suit.

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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 14, 2020

People who use Google expect us to respect their privacy, whether they have a Google account or not,” a representative for Google said, per the report. “We FTC, 46 States Start Large Antitrust Suit Against Facebook. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 46 states rolled out a large antitrust lawsuit against Facebook on Dec.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A separate investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is already underway. Facebook and the FTC reached a $5 billion settlement in July over issues concerning privacy. If Google is found to have broken antitrust laws, its business model could be severely harmed.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Current antitrust laws are “flexible enough” to handle issues caused by technology firms, said Makan Delrahim, assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Reuters reported on Saturday (Nov. The membership roster for the CCIA includes Amazon, Facebook and Google, among others.

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JUNE 12, 2019

Delrahim said the antitrust division of the Justice Department looks for rising prices, lower quality, loss of privacy and collusion when looking to see if a company violated antitrust laws. The FTC gets more jurisdiction over Facebook while The Department of Justice gets increased scrutiny of Google.

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