Tagged: Federal Trade Commission
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Google fined US$22.5m by FTC for misrepresentation of users’ privacy controls News
10.08.2012 The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has handed down its largest ever civil penalty and Google has been ordered to pay US$22.5m to settle charges that it misrepresented privacy... -
Google close to paying US$22.5m over Safari privacy charge News
10.07.2012 Google is understood to be close to making a US$22.5m settlement with the Federal Trade Commission following claims it breached the privacy settings of millions of Apple Safari...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Media, Marketing, Legal, Internet, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Competition probe delays Facebook’s Instagram buyout News
11.05.2012 Facebook users might be left waiting quite some time before any Instagram features are implemented as an FTC investigation into the deal could take up to a year to complete. -
US subpoenas Apple on Google Mobile Search? News
14.03.2012 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has subpoenaed Apple, seeking information on how it integrates Google Mobile Search on the iPad and the iPhone, according to a report on...Categories: Software, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Sales, Multimedia, Mobile, Internet, Engineering, Engineer, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Apps -
US Govt to probe Carrier IQ smartphone logging claims News
15.12.2011 It is understood that US federal investigators are investigating claims that Carrier IQ software can be used to track user activity and send information to carriers without the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Security, Phones, Hardware, Consumer Tech -
Facebook and FTC reach landmark privacy settlement News
29.11.2011 Facebook has settled charges with the US Federal Trade Commission over changes it made to privacy policy in 2009. The settlement requires Facebook to warn users about privacy... -
The digital business week News
14.11.2011 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Weekend news roundup News
15.08.2011 A trawl through some of the technology news coverage in the weekend papers. -
Google faces FTC probe over alleged web dominance News
24.06.2011 Internet giant Google is about to be hit with a number of subpoenas by US federal authorities in what amounts to a broad investigation into whether the company abused its...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Online Business, Marketing, Legal Eagle, Legal, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Weekend news roundup News
03.05.2011 In our trawl of the weekend papers, we look at the FTC’s plan to investigate Google’s alleged dominance of the search business and how location information is a major prize for... -
US judge orders Twitter to surrender WikiLeaks data News
12.03.2011 A US Judge has ordered social networking service Twitter to hand over data of at least three users who were in contact with controversial website WikiLeaks. One of the user's... -
FTC settles case against Intel News
04.08.2010 The US Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Intel over allegations the semiconductor giant illegally stifled competition in the market for computer chips. -
Twitter taken to task by FTC for ‘deceiving consumers’ News
24.06.2010 Twitter has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information. -
Get ready for an EPIC battle over Facebook privacy settings News
18.12.2009 Facebook's new privacy settings have invited the wrath of the Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC) and eight other organisations who have all filed legal complaints to... -
Online privacy group calls for Google investigation News
19.03.2009 US online privacy group EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Centre) has formally requested that the Federal Trade Commission in Washington investigate Google’s cloud-computing...Categories: Digital Life