Smart-toymaker VTech fined over charges of violating child privacy law
The FTC said VTech transmitted and stored information without intrusion prevention, detection or encryption, in spite of policy claims.
View ArticleFTC goes after Facebook
Time for Facebook to face the music on its data glad-handling in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
View ArticleCambridge Analytica’s secret coding sauce allegedly leaked
The exposed data, available free by registering an email address, shows CA used software developed by AggregateIQ to sway US elections.
View ArticleYouTube illegally collects data from kids, group claims
A coalition has filed a complaint with the FTC, charging that Google's YouTube is breaking COPPA: the law to protect children's privacy.
View ArticleBudget Android manufacturer Blu settles with FTC over privacy fiasco
These are the phones that were calling home to Shanghai every 72 hours, with no opt-in or notice, to hand over a whole lot of PII.
View ArticleFacebook defends practice of giving deep data access to device makers
They're not "outsiders," Facebook says. They're part of Facebook, helping to make Facebook play nicely with their devices.
View ArticleElderly victims conned out of millions by tech support scammer
The FTC has been battling tech support scams for years, especially ones targeting older citizens who are seen by fraudsters everywhere as susceptible to these cons.
View ArticleCalifornia bill regulates IoT for first time in US
California looks set to regulate IoT devices, becoming the first US state to do so and beating the Federal Government to the post.
View ArticleShould company bosses face jail for mishandling your privacy?
A proposed bill calls for executives to be jailed for not protecting consumers' data, or at least for lying about it.
View ArticleThose are NOT your grandchildren! FTC warns of new scam
Grandkid imposters are managing to finagle a skyrocketing amount of money out of people, the FTC warns.
View ArticleTim Cook demands a way for users to delete their personal data
The Apple CEO wants the FTC to set up a data-broker clearinghouse so people can see the data that companies have collected on them.
View ArticleYouTube subscribers getting spammed by celebrity imposters
YouTube personality Philip DeFranco warned that the messages pretending to be from him and other top influencers are scams.
View ArticleFacebook tricked kids into in-game purchases, say privacy advocates
Unsealed court documents show that Facebook referred to big-spending kids as "whales" - a term borrowed from the casino industry.
View ArticleFTC says taxpayer voice phishing scams are up nearly 20x
The real Social Security people will never call to threaten your benefits or tell you to wire money, send cash, or put money on gift cards.
View ArticleNew bill would give parents an ‘Eraser Button’ to delete kids’ data
The COPPA overhaul would ban targeting ads at kids under 13 and ad targeting based on race, socioeconomics or geolocation on kids under 15.
View ArticleBroadband providers told to explain how they handle consumer data
The FTC launched a broad inquiry to find out what data they collect, why, who they share it with, and how consumers can change or delete it.
View ArticleFTC slams the phone down on quartet of robocallers
Wrist slaps and paltry fines may not be what most of us were hoping for in retribution for billions of robocalls and countless scams.
View ArticleFTC renews call for single federal privacy law
It also wants to be the country's data-privacy police: commissioners called for more resources and ability to impose penalties.
View ArticleBreak up Facebook, cofounder says: it’s an un-American monopoly
During the 2018 "annus horribilis", users disgusted at privacy flops swore to dump Facebook. But where else is there to go?
View ArticleFTC crackdown targets operators behind 1 billion robocalls
It's a drop in the “4.7 billion robocalls placed per month” bucket, but hey, it's better than nothing!
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