Stories about: US Federal Trade Commission

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    Facebook settles FTC privacy complaints 30/11/2011 05:28:00

    Facebook has agreed to settle US Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers "on numerous occasions" by telling them they could keep their personal information private, then repeatedly sharing that information, the agency said Tuesday.
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    Users warned after YapBrowser returns from the dead 09/10/2011 09:25:00

    YapBrowser, a replacement web browser once promoted by controversial spyware company Zango, has made a sudden return, GFI Software security researcher Chris Boyd has reported.
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    Congress takes stab at 'Do Not Track' legislation 17/02/2011 05:35:00

    Momentum is building behind the US Federal Trade Commission call for some sort of "do not track" system. Each of the major Web browser vendors have come up with their own unique approach to preventing Web surfing habits from being tracked, and now Congress is getting in on the act with pending "do not track" legislation.
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    Weekly Tech News Update: 6th August, 2010 06/08/2010 09:28:00

    On World Tech Update this week RIM introduces a new BlackBerry and OS, Acer unveils a netbook that runs both Android and Windows XP, Intel and US Federal Trade Commission reach a settlement, Apple's iPad may be coming to China, Google pulls the plug on Google Wave, RFID helps suggest exhibit visits at MIT, a NASA robot plans to tweet from space and The Oregon Trail movie trailer.
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    Fake Firefox update spreads unwanted app 05/02/2010 01:30:00

    The successor program to the notorious Zango spyware Toolbar is being used to target users of Mozilla's Firefox with fake browser updates, a security company has alleged.
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    US FTC to examine cloud privacy concerns 07/01/2010 09:05:00

    In a development likely to be closely watched by Google Inc., Amazon.com, Microsoft Corp. and other vendors, the US Federal Trade Commission is examining potential threats to consumer privacy and data security posed by cloud computing services.
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    How to beat 22 Web security threats 06/05/2009 13:37:00

    Forewarned is forearmed. We investigate the latest and most deadly tech dangers, and explain how to fight back.
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    Spam is silenced, but where are the feds? 28/11/2008 09:00:00

    On October 14, the US Federal Trade Commission, with help from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and New Zealand police, announced that it had shut down a vast international spam network known as HerbalKing.
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    US Congress to push for net neutrality legislation 14/11/2008 08:46:00

    The US Congress will push for net neutrality legislation next year, even though the US Federal Communications Commission has acted against broadband providers that it found to block or slow Web content.
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    Soloway case reveals big business behind spam 16/07/2008 09:07:49

    Selling the tools used by spammers is easy money, at least until you get caught. Just ask Adam Sweaney, a man charged with computer fraud who took the stand at the sentencing hearing in Seattle for Robert Soloway, the so-called spam king.
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    US court halts adult site's e-mail operation 07/05/2008 09:24:35

    A US judge has ordered the halt to an e-mail campaign by the operators of adult Web sites after complaints by the US Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice that the e-mail messages violated an antispam law.
 
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