FTC issuing over $5.6 million in refunds from Ring security issues ( www.ftc.gov )
FTC Sends Refunds of more than $5.6 million to Certain Ring Customers Stemming from 2023 Settlement ( www.ftc.gov )
The FTC is sending 117,044 PayPal payments to consumers who had certain types of Ring devices, such as indoor cameras, during periods when the FTC alleges unauthorized users may have had access to customer videos. Consumers should redeem their PayPal payment within 30 days....
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes ( www.ftc.gov )
I haven't found the exact date, but it'll be effective 130 120 days after publishing in the federal register....
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes ( www.ftc.gov )
I haven't figured out the exact date, but it'll be effective 120 after publishing in the federal register.
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes ( www.ftc.gov )
Proposed FTC Order will Prohibit Telehealth Firm Cerebral from Using or Disclosing Sensitive Data for Advertising Purposes, and Require it to Pay $7 Million ( www.ftc.gov )
Under the proposed order, filed by the Department of Justice upon notification and referral from the FTC, Cerebral will also be required to pay more than $7 million over charges that it disclosed consumers’ sensitive personal health information and other sensitive data to third parties for advertising purposes and failed to...
Alcohol Addiction Treatment Firm will be Banned from Disclosing Health Data for Advertising to Settle FTC Charges that It Shared Data Without Consent ( www.ftc.gov )
According to the complaint, the company contradicted its privacy promises. From 2020-2022, the company allegedly disclosed users’ personal information, including their health information, to numerous third-party advertising platforms via tracking technologies, known as pixels and application programming interfaces (APIs),...
A Look at What ISPs Know About You: Examining the Privacy Practices of Six Major Internet Service Providers - An FTC Staff Report ( www.ftc.gov )
cross-posted from: https://covert.nexus/post/27235...
[FTC to landlords] Price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing ( www.ftc.gov )
FTC Takes Action Against Tax Prep Company H and R Block For Wiping Consumers’ Data, Deceptively Marketing ‘Free’ Online Filing ( www.ftc.gov )
In an administrative complaint, FTC staff alleges that H&R Block’s online tax filing products lead consumers into higher-cost products made for more complicated tax filings, despite many consumers not needing the additional tax forms and schedules offered by those products. In addition, H&R Block fails to clearly explain which...
FTC says Avast promised privacy, but pirated consumers’ data for treasure ( ftc.gov )
Funnilly, Avast is under the same umbrella as AVG, Norton, Symatec and bunch of over tools like CCleaner:...
FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power ( www.ftc.gov )
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FTC Seeks Comment on New Parental Consent Mechanism Under COPPA ( www.ftc.gov )
In light of articles all over Lemmy about Google pushing ManifestV3 onto Chrome and the majority of web users, isn't that an antitrust violation? ( www.ftc.gov )
So as I understand it, Google’s using it’s monopoly market position to force web “standards” unilaterally (without an independent/conglomerate web specification standards where Google is only one of many voices) that will disadvantage its competitors and force people to leave its competitors....
L'ordine della Federal Trade Commission vieterà a InMarket di vendere dati precisi sulla posizione dei consumatori ( www.ftc.gov ) Italian
All'aggregatore di dati InMarket Media sarà vietato vendere o concedere in licenza dati di localizzazione precisi per risolvere le accuse della Federal Trade Commission secondo cui l'azienda non avrebbe informato completamente i consumatori e non avrebbe ottenuto il loro consenso prima di raccogliere e utilizzare i loro dati di...
Federal Trade Commission Announces Proposed Rule Banning Fake Reviews and Testimonials ( www.ftc.gov )
To be clear, this does not tackle user review, it’s about editorial reviews where companies would write good reviews for their products under the guise of a review site....
La FTC interviene contro Amazon per aver iscritto i consumatori ad Amazon Prime senza consenso e per aver sabotato i loro tentativi di cancellazione ( www.ftc.gov ) Italian
La Federal Trade Commission sta intraprendendo un'azione legale contro Amazon.com, Inc. per il suo sforzo pluriennale di iscrivere i consumatori al programma Prime senza il loro consenso e rendendo consapevolmente difficile per i consumatori annullare l'abbonamento a Prime....