Slashdot Items Tagged "ftc"

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Tuesday April 02, 2024 @06:46PM Jon Stewart Claims Apple Wouldn't Let Him Interview FTC Chair On His Podcast
Monday April 01, 2024 @04:26PM The FTC is Trying To Help Victims of Impersonation Scams Get Their Money Back
Wednesday March 27, 2024 @05:15PM TikTok Is Under Investigation By the FTC Over Data Practices
Friday March 15, 2024 @06:57PM FTC Launches Inquiry Into Reddit's AI Deals, Ahead of IPO
Friday March 15, 2024 @04:11PM FTC Goes Undercover Against Fake Antivirus Companies
Thursday March 14, 2024 @07:01PM FTC and DOJ Think McDonald's Ice Cream Machines Should Be Legal To Fix
Tuesday February 13, 2024 @02:10PM FTC Chair Khan: Stop Monopolies Before They Happen
Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:10PM Feds Say Activision Layoffs Violate Promises Microsoft Made in Merger Deal
Thursday January 25, 2024 @05:26PM FTC Launches Inquiry Into AI Deals by Tech Giants
Tuesday January 23, 2024 @01:38PM FTC Bans TurboTax From Advertising 'Free' Services, Calls It Deceptive
Wednesday December 20, 2023 @08:03PM Rite Aid Banned From Using Facial Recognition Software
Wednesday December 20, 2023 @05:16PM US Regulators Propose New Online Privacy Safeguards For Children
Thursday December 14, 2023 @02:01PM FTC is Investigating Adobe Over Its Rules for Canceling Software Subscriptions
Tuesday December 12, 2023 @12:08AM FTC Wants Microsoft's Relationship With OpenAI Under the Microscope
Thursday December 07, 2023 @07:38PM FTC Tries Again To Stop Microsoft's Already-Closed Deal For Activision
Thursday November 16, 2023 @05:51PM Prison Phone Company Leaked 600,000 Users' Data and Didn't Notify Them
Wednesday November 08, 2023 @03:54PM Data Broker's 'Staggering' Sale of Sensitive Info Exposed in Unsealed FTC Filing
Thursday November 02, 2023 @04:34PM Amazon Made $1 Billion Through Secret Price Raising Algorithm, Says FTC
Wednesday October 11, 2023 @11:57AM FTC Lays Out New Rule That Could End Hidden Fees
Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:44AM US FTC Revives Microsoft-Activision Deal Challenge
Friday September 08, 2023 @05:00PM FTC Judge Decides Intuit's 'Free' TurboTax Ads Did Mislead Consumers
Tuesday July 25, 2023 @08:41PM FTC Readies Lawsuit That Could Break Up Amazon
Thursday July 13, 2023 @04:43PM FTC Asks Court To Temporarily Halt Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision
Thursday July 13, 2023 @03:01PM FTC Chair Defends Tenure as Lawmakers Battle Over Consumer Agency's Impact
Thursday July 13, 2023 @09:52AM OpenAI's ChatGPT Under Investigation by FTC
Wednesday July 12, 2023 @06:52PM Disney, Netflix, and More Are Fighting FTC's 'Click To Cancel' Proposal
Wednesday July 12, 2023 @07:59AM Lina Khan Is Taking on the World's Biggest Tech Companies - and Losing
Tuesday July 11, 2023 @11:54AM Microsoft Wins FTC Fight To Buy Activision Blizzard
Friday June 30, 2023 @02:26PM FTC Finally Proposes Ban on Fake Reviews
Thursday June 29, 2023 @04:45PM FTC Prepares 'the Big One,' a Major Lawsuit Targeting Amazon's Core Business
Thursday June 22, 2023 @01:54PM FTC Argues Microsoft's Deal To Buy Activision Should Be Paused
Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:48PM FTC Sues Amazon for Inducing Users To Subscribe To Prime
Monday June 12, 2023 @12:38PM FTC To File Injunction Seeking To Block Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Tuesday June 06, 2023 @06:02PM Health Firm 'Grail' Wrongly Told Hundreds of People They Might Have Cancer
Tuesday June 06, 2023 @04:37PM Microsoft To Pay $20 Million Settlement For Illegally Collecting Children's Personal Data
Wednesday May 31, 2023 @04:19PM Amazon To Pay $30 Million For Alexa, Ring Privacy Violations
Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:37PM US FTC Leaders Will Target AI That Violates Civil Rights Or Is Deceptive
Monday April 10, 2023 @08:42PM FTC Orders Supplement Maker To Pay $600K In First Case Involving Hijacked Amazon Reviews
Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:14AM FTC Should Stop OpenAI From Launching New GPT Models, Says AI Policy Group
Monday March 27, 2023 @12:51PM FTC Is Reviewing Competition in AI
Thursday March 23, 2023 @02:52PM 'Click-to-Cancel' Rule Would Penalize Companies That Make You Cancel By Phone
Monday March 20, 2023 @12:51PM Washington Prepares For War With Amazon
Friday March 10, 2023 @01:37PM FTC Seeks To Block Intercontinental Exchange's $11.7 Billion Black Knight Deal
Friday March 03, 2023 @11:28AM FTC Has Told Sony It Has To Disclose PlayStation's Third-Party Exclusivity Deals
Thursday March 02, 2023 @06:01PM BetterHelp Sold Customer Data While Promising It was Private, Says FTC
Friday February 17, 2023 @04:21PM 'Why I'm Resigning as an FTC Commissioner'
Friday February 03, 2023 @12:19PM FTC Prepares Antitrust Suit Against Amazon
Wednesday February 01, 2023 @06:33PM GoodRx Leaked User Health Data To Facebook and Google, FTC Says
Wednesday January 25, 2023 @01:27PM Credit Karma Tricked Customers Into Thinking They Were Pre-Approved for Credit Cards, FTC Says
Friday January 06, 2023 @12:53PM FTC intends to ban noncompete clauses that bind 30 million US workers
Friday January 06, 2023 @10:42AM Microsoft, Activision Back Off Aggressive Claim in FTC Case
Monday December 19, 2022 @09:52AM Epic Games, Maker of 'Fortnite,' To Pay $520 Million To Resolve FTC Allegations
Tuesday December 06, 2022 @05:22PM FTC Probes 'Possible Misconduct' In Cryptocurrency Advertising
Tuesday November 29, 2022 @05:42PM Influencers Were Paid By Google To Promote a Pixel Phone They Never Used
Friday November 11, 2022 @04:11AM FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair Methods of Competition
Thursday November 03, 2022 @02:02PM Vonage Will Pay $100 Million to Settle FTC Allegations of Trapping Consumers in Subscriptions
Monday October 31, 2022 @12:35PM FTC Accuses Ed Tech Firm Chegg of 'Careless' Data Security
Monday October 24, 2022 @02:42PM FTC Brings Action Against CEO of Alcohol Delivery Company Over Data Breach
Tuesday October 18, 2022 @02:41PM FTC Wants To Add Right To Repair To Existing Energy Saving Rules
Wednesday October 05, 2022 @05:27PM Former Uber Exec Joe Sullivan Found Guilty of Concealing 2016 Data Breach
Tuesday September 27, 2022 @12:04PM FTC Should Probe Payroll Data Deals By Brokers Like Equifax, Rival Says
Tuesday September 20, 2022 @01:05PM Amazon's $1.7 Billion Proposed Purchase of Roomba Maker Under FTC Investigation
Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:42PM To Defeat FTC Lawsuit, Meta Demands Over 100 Rivals Share Biggest Trade Secrets
Monday August 29, 2022 @01:57PM FTC Sues 'Massive' Data Broker for Selling Location Info on Abortion Clinics
Tuesday August 16, 2022 @01:24PM Idaho Company Sues FTC, Claiming Agency Threatened Suit Over Its Tracking Data
Tuesday August 16, 2022 @12:56PM Amazon Accuses FTC of Harassing Bezos in 'Burdensome' Probe
Thursday August 11, 2022 @11:29AM FTC Launches Data-Privacy Proposal for 'Surveillance' Crackdown
Wednesday July 27, 2022 @02:02PM FTC Files To Block Meta's Virtual Reality Deal
Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:05PM FTC Warns Tech Companies Against Misusing Health Data
Thursday July 07, 2022 @02:05PM FTC Settles With Weber Grills Over 'Right To Repair'
Wednesday May 25, 2022 @08:28PM FTC Fines Twitter $150 Million For Using 2FA Phone Numbers For Ad Targeting
Wednesday May 18, 2022 @01:32PM Senators Urge FTC To Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data
Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:46PM Senate Confirms Bedoya To FTC, Establishing Democratic Majority
Monday April 18, 2022 @05:28PM Americans Are Drowning In Spam
Tuesday March 29, 2022 @04:32PM FTC Sues TurboTax Owner Intuit for Advertising Tax Software as 'Free'
Tuesday February 01, 2022 @12:34PM FTC To Review Microsoft's $68.7B Deal To Buy Activision Blizzard
Thursday January 27, 2022 @05:40PM Social Media Scammers Stole At Least $770 Million In 2021
Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:01PM US Competition Enforcers Launch Overhaul of Merger Approval Process
Friday January 14, 2022 @06:23PM Meta's Oculus Unit Faces FTC-Led Probe of Competition Practices
Wednesday January 05, 2022 @12:45PM FTC Warns of Legal Action Against Organizations That Fail To Patch Log4j Flaw
Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:58PM Amazon Cloud Unit Draws Antitrust Scrutiny From Khan's FTC
Thursday December 02, 2021 @04:53PM FTC Sues To Stop Blockbuster Chip Deal Between Nvidia and Arm
Wednesday November 17, 2021 @01:06PM The End of 'Click To Subscribe, Call To Cancel'? One of the News Industry's Favorite Retention Tactics is Illegal, FTC Says
Friday October 15, 2021 @04:36PM Tether Fined $41 Million For Lying About Fiat Currency Backing
Thursday October 14, 2021 @03:06AM Amazon, Facebook Among Companies Facing FTC Warning Over Reviews
Wednesday September 29, 2021 @10:01AM FTC Weighs New Online Privacy Rules
Friday September 17, 2021 @01:44PM FTC Releases Findings on How Big Tech Eats Little Tech
Thursday September 16, 2021 @04:18PM Tech Giants Used 'Loopholes' To Duck Merger Reviews, FTC Says
Thursday September 16, 2021 @10:58AM FTC Warns Health Apps To Notify Consumers Impacted by Data Breaches
Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:45AM FTC Bans Spyware Maker SpyFone, and Orders It To Notify Hacked Victims
Thursday August 19, 2021 @11:37AM Facebook Hit by New US Antitrust Case as FTC Seeks Do-Over
Wednesday July 21, 2021 @04:39PM FTC Formally Adopts Right To Repair Platform
Wednesday July 14, 2021 @09:49AM Facebook Asks for FTC Chair Lina Khan To Be Recused From Its Antitrust Case
Friday July 02, 2021 @05:34PM Broadcom Charged By FTC of Illegal Monopolization, Agrees To Settlement
Thursday July 01, 2021 @04:08PM FTC Votes To Expand Antitrust Enforcement Powers
Wednesday June 30, 2021 @11:53AM Amazon Seeks Recusal of FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan in Antitrust Investigations of Company
Monday June 28, 2021 @03:29PM Facebook Rises After Lawsuit Dismissal, Hits $1 Trillion Value
Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:52PM Amazon's Planned Purchase of MGM To Be Reviewed by FTC
Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:51PM Senate Confirms Progressive Tech Critic Lina Khan To Become an FTC Commissioner
Friday June 11, 2021 @01:30PM Amazon Will Pay $62 Million Over Deceptive Delivery Tips Claims
Monday June 07, 2021 @08:58PM MoviePass Settles With FTC Over Fraud and Data Security Failures
Thursday May 20, 2021 @04:12PM FTC is Prodding the Tech Giant To Punish Fake-Review Schemers
Wednesday May 19, 2021 @03:56PM Frontier Lied About Internet Speed, FTC Says In Post-Net Neutrality Case
Friday May 07, 2021 @10:43AM FTC Report Blasts Manufacturers For Restricting Product Repairs
Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:05PM Supreme Court Slashes FTC's Power To Seek Monetary Awards
Tuesday April 20, 2021 @04:36PM FTC Issues Stern Warning: Biased AI May Break the Law
Thursday April 08, 2021 @02:37PM FTC Urges Courts Not To Dismiss Facebook Antitrust Case
Tuesday March 09, 2021 @10:14AM Biden Taps Another Big Tech Trustbuster
Tuesday February 16, 2021 @05:38PM Losses To Romance Scams Reached a Record $304 Million in 2020
Tuesday February 02, 2021 @11:27AM Amazon To Pay $61.7 Million To Settle FTC Charges It Withheld Some Customer Tips from Amazon Flex Drivers
Friday January 22, 2021 @05:53PM FTC Fines Three Ticket Scalping Companies For Illegally Using Bots
Wednesday January 13, 2021 @04:16PM FTC Settlement With Ever Orders Data and AIs Deleted After Facial Recognition Pivot
Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:03PM FTC And PC Rental Companies Settle In Spying On Users Case
Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:03PM Regulators Smash Global Phone Tech Support Scam Operation
Monday December 14, 2020 @02:52PM FTC Launches Sweeping Privacy Study of Top Tech Platforms
Wednesday December 09, 2020 @03:53PM FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization
Thursday November 19, 2020 @05:23PM Facebook Antitrust Probes Will Target Acquisition of WhatsApp and Instagram
Monday November 09, 2020 @12:45PM FTC Announces a Settlement With Zoom Over Security Issues
Wednesday October 21, 2020 @02:48PM AT&T To Repay $80 Million In Shady Phone Bill Charges
Tuesday September 08, 2020 @02:48PM The FTC Is Investigating Intuit Over TurboTax Practices
Friday August 28, 2020 @04:09PM FTC Probes Huge Financial Data Broker Yodlee
Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:36PM Qualcomm Wins US Antitrust Lawsuit Appeal Over Chip Licensing
Tuesday August 04, 2020 @05:15PM Twitter Faces FTC Probe, Likely Fine Over Use of Phone Numbers For Ads
Monday August 03, 2020 @07:13PM Prosecutors Are Investigating Amazon's Treatment of Third-Party Sellers
Tuesday April 07, 2020 @03:58PM Easy-To-Pick 'Smart' Locks Gush Personal Data, FTC Finds
Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:18PM FTC Will Review Past Mergers by Facebook, Google and Other Big Tech Companies
Friday December 06, 2019 @05:04PM FTC Finds Cambridge Analytica Deceived Facebook Users
Thursday December 05, 2019 @03:09PM Advocates Call For FTC Probe of 'Kidtech'
Wednesday November 13, 2019 @05:42PM YouTube's New Kids' Content System Has Creators Scrambling
Monday October 28, 2019 @04:22PM The FTC Fosters Fake Reviews, Its Own Commissioners Say
Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:31AM In a First, FTC Bans Company From Selling 'Stalkerware'
Thursday October 17, 2019 @07:16PM New Bill Promises an End To Our Privacy Nightmare, Jail Time To CEOs Who Lie
Wednesday September 25, 2019 @05:14PM Match.com Connected Daters To Fake Accounts To Boost Subscriptions, US Regulators Say
Monday September 23, 2019 @10:59AM Snap Detailed Facebook's Aggressive Tactics in 'Project Voldemort' Dossier
Monday September 09, 2019 @01:18PM If You Asked Equifax For $125, You Need To Update Your Request
Friday August 30, 2019 @05:03PM Google to Pay More Than $150 Million in YouTube Privacy Case
Thursday August 29, 2019 @07:25PM FTC Is Investigating Juul's Marketing Practices
Friday August 23, 2019 @05:27PM Qualcomm Wins a Pause In Enforcement of FTC Ruling
Friday August 09, 2019 @05:24PM White House Proposal Would Have FCC, FTC Police Alleged Social Media Censorship
Monday August 05, 2019 @04:39PM Proposed Bill Would Make Monopolies Pay 'Serious' Fines
Thursday August 01, 2019 @03:35PM FTC Antitrust Probe of Facebook Scrutinizes Its Acquisitions
Wednesday July 31, 2019 @03:20PM FTC Says 'You Will Be Disappointed' if You Choose $125 For Equifax Payout
Wednesday July 24, 2019 @01:44PM FTC To Hold Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Liable For Any Future Privacy Violations
Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:20AM Facebook Ends Friend Data Access For Microsoft and Sony, the Last 2 of Its Legacy Partners, Under FTC Deal
Tuesday July 23, 2019 @03:58PM Facebook Deceived Users About the Way It Used Phone Numbers, Facial Recognition, FTC To Allege in Complaint
Monday July 15, 2019 @12:05PM Facebook's $5 Billion FTC Fine is an Embarrassing Joke
Friday July 12, 2019 @04:12PM FTC Approves Roughly $5 Billion Facebook Settlement
Wednesday July 03, 2019 @03:26PM D-Link To Undergo Security Audits For 10 Years as Part of FTC Settlement
Wednesday June 19, 2019 @02:29PM YouTube Under Federal Investigation Over Allegations it Violates Children's Privacy
Monday June 03, 2019 @04:55PM US Justice Department Considering Apple Probe
Monday June 03, 2019 @12:50PM FTC Gets Jurisdiction for Possible Facebook Antitrust Probe
Wednesday May 08, 2019 @03:26PM FTC Backs Tech Privacy Law To Protect User Data
Wednesday April 24, 2019 @04:29PM Facebook Sets Aside $3 Billion For a Potential FTC Fine
Friday April 19, 2019 @03:18PM FTC May Hold Zuckerberg Personally Responsible For Facebook Privacy Failures
Monday April 01, 2019 @04:09PM FTC Allows ISPs To Block Apps But They Must Disclose It
Thursday March 28, 2019 @10:50AM Office Depot and Support.com To Pay $35 Million To Settle FTC Allegations That They Charged Users Millions in 'Fake' Malware Cleanup Fees
Tuesday March 26, 2019 @04:42PM FTC Tells ISPs To Disclose Exactly What Information They Collect On Users and What It's For
Wednesday February 27, 2019 @06:39PM TikTok To Pay Record $5.7 Million FTC Fine For Alleged Violations of Children's Privacy Law
Tuesday February 26, 2019 @02:51PM New FTC Task Force Will Take on Tech Monopolies
Friday February 15, 2019 @01:22AM Facebook Settlement With FTC Could Run Into the Billions
Friday January 18, 2019 @03:55PM US Regulators Have Met To Discuss Imposing a Record-Setting Fine Against Facebook For Some of Its Privacy Violations: Report
Saturday December 29, 2018 @05:42AM FTC Warns Netflix Users About Email Phishing Scam
Sunday December 23, 2018 @06:32AM Google Hit With FTC Complaint Over 'Inappropriate' Kids Apps
Friday December 07, 2018 @12:38PM The FTC's Top Consumer Protection Official Can't Go After Facebook -- or 100 Other Companies
Wednesday November 28, 2018 @05:07PM The FTC Says It Will Investigate Loot Boxes
Friday October 19, 2018 @10:50AM Should We Break Up the Tech Giants? Not if You Ask the Economists Who Take Money From Them
Thursday August 30, 2018 @02:05PM Senator Orrin Hatch Asks FTC To Investigate Competitive Effects of Google's Conduct in Search and Digital Advertising
Thursday August 23, 2018 @06:53PM Comcast/Charter Lobby Asks FTC To Preempt State Broadband Regulations
Monday August 20, 2018 @05:36PM Judge Guts FTC's $4 Billion Lawsuit Against DirecTV
Friday July 13, 2018 @03:25PM Smart TVs Are Invading Privacy and Should Be Investigated, Senators Say
Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:56PM FTC Will Examine Tech Platforms like Google, Facebook and Amazon as Part of Competition Review
Thursday May 31, 2018 @05:26PM AT&T Wants To Settle With FTC To Avoid Unlimited Data Throttling Lawsuit
Monday May 14, 2018 @08:47PM Should the FTC Investigate Google's Location Data Collection?
Thursday May 03, 2018 @05:29PM Phone Maker BLU Settles With FTC Over Unauthorized User Data Extraction
Tuesday May 01, 2018 @03:19PM FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days To Get Rid of Illegal Warranty-Void-if-Removed Stickers
Thursday April 19, 2018 @11:01PM Audit Approved of Facebook Policies, Even After Cambridge Analytica Leak
Tuesday April 10, 2018 @04:20PM FTC Warns Manufacturers That 'Warranty Void If Removed' Stickers Break the Law
Tuesday March 20, 2018 @10:20AM FTC Probing Facebook For Use of Personal Data: Bloomberg
Monday December 11, 2017 @06:37PM FCC Explains How Net Neutrality Will Be Protected Without Net Neutrality Rules
Monday December 04, 2017 @05:26PM FCC Won't Delay Vote, Says Net Neutrality Supporters Are 'Desperate'
Thursday September 21, 2017 @01:44PM Judge Kills FTC Lawsuit Against D-Link for Flimsy Security
Thursday September 14, 2017 @10:30AM In a Highly Unusual Move, FTC Confirms It Is Investigating Equifax
Tuesday September 05, 2017 @01:14PM Lenovo Won't Pay a Fine For Preinstalling Superfish Adware
Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:01PM FTC Approves Amazon's Acquisition of Whole Foods
Thursday July 20, 2017 @05:52PM FTC Probing Allegations of Amazon's Deceptive Discounting
Monday July 10, 2017 @01:52PM Company Accused of Selling User Data Shuts Down After $104 Million Settlement
Tuesday July 04, 2017 @08:22PM Broadcom Gets Green Light From Feds To Buy San Jose's Brocade For $5.9 billion
Wednesday May 31, 2017 @06:05PM Amazon Is Refunding Up To $70 Million In-App Purchases Made By Kids
Tuesday May 02, 2017 @01:05AM Senate Republicans Introduce Anti-Net Neutrality Legislation
Wednesday April 05, 2017 @06:48PM Amazon Will Refund Millions of Unauthorized In-App Purchases Made By Kids
Monday February 06, 2017 @02:35PM Vizio Settles With FTC, Will Pay $2.2 Million and Delete User Data
Thursday January 05, 2017 @04:42PM FTC Takes D-Link To Court Citing Lax Product Security, Privacy Perils
Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:40PM Watchdog Group Claims Smart Toys Are Spying On Kids
Thursday December 08, 2016 @04:27PM AT&T To Cough Up $88 Million For 'Cramming' Mobile Customer Bills
Friday November 18, 2016 @05:00PM The US Government is Finally Telling People that Homeopathy is a Sham
Monday October 17, 2016 @03:02PM FTC Says It May Be Unable To Regulate Comcast, Google, and Verizon
Thursday October 13, 2016 @08:44PM Ken Bone May Have Violated FTC Guidelines With Uber Tweet
Monday August 29, 2016 @04:19PM US Appeals Court Dismisses AT&T Data Throttling Lawsuit
Friday August 26, 2016 @10:05AM Facebook's WhatsApp Data Gambit Faces Federal Privacy Complaint
Monday August 08, 2016 @10:19PM EFF Asks FTC To Demand 'Truth In Labeling' For DRM