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FTC seeks greater role in regulating mobile business activity
WASHINGTON--The Federal Trade Commission has quietly stepped up efforts to regulate business activities on mobile devices. In a report (.pdf) to the House Appropriations subcommittee on Financial
Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: Respect it now or pay more later
The Obama administration's plan last to improve data privacy.
FTC hacks illustrate importance of contract provisions
Of the many lessons that might be learned from the recent hacks by Anonymous into Federal Trade Commission websites, a key one not to overlook is the significance of solid contracts with third party
Bill to ban secret cellphone monitoring is a good measure
When it was revealed in December that monitoring software made by a relatively obscure firm called Carrier IQ could secretly collect data transmitted over millions of mobile devices, lawmakers were
Facebook to submit to external privacy audits for 20 years
Facebook will submit to outside audits of its privacy practices every two years for the next 20 years under a proposed settlement announced Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission. The agreement
Facebook admits it hired PR firm to launch anti-Google campaign
It has emerged that social networking service Facebook had secretly hired a PR firm to plant negative news stories about Google ( NASDAQ: GOOG ). As reported by The Daily Beast, the anti-Google move
FTC settles suit with spyware vendor
The two-year-old lawsuit filed by the FTC against Cyber Spy Software has drawn to a close. With new conditions imposed, the company is now allowed to sell its RemoteSpy product, which basically
