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FTC Investigates Facebook’s Privacy Practices
FTC Investigates Facebook’s Privacy Practices
March 26, 2018  |  Facebook

As news swirls that Cambridge Analytica may have improperly collected user data from Facebook that was reportedly used to help elect U.S. President Donald Trump, the...

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Governments Get Realistic On Blockchain
Governments Get Realistic On Blockchain
March 21, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The blockchain hype is real — just ask Long Blockchain — but governments are taking a modest, more realistic approach to the technology. In this...

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FTC Wades Into Facebook’s Latest Data Scandal
FTC Wades Into Facebook’s Latest Data Scandal
March 20, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook, the social media giant embroiled in a new consumer data scandal, is being pursued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the main agency for...

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FTC Cracks Down On Crypto Pyramid Scheme
FTC Cracks Down On Crypto Pyramid Scheme
March 16, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Those who claim that all cryptocurrencies are a pyramid scheme haven’t seen anything yet. On March 16, 2018, a federal court cracked down on four...

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Millennials Lose More Money To Scams Than Seniors
Millennials Lose More Money To Scams Than Seniors
March 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Millennials are apparently reporting losing money to fraud more often than seniors. But when seniors do become financial victims, they typically take a bigger hit...

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Venmo Settles Privacy Violations
Venmo Settles Privacy Violations
February 28, 2018  |  Legal

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has reached a settlement with PayPal over the handling of privacy disclosures and money withdrawals in its...

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Trump’s Nominee For FTC Chief Talks Tough On Antitrust
Trump’s Nominee For FTC Chief Talks Tough On Antitrust
February 06, 2018  |  ANTITRUST

Joseph Simons, a retired partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, is President Donald Trump’s pick to head up the Federal Trade Commission,...

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Bill Would Give FTC Authority To Police, Fine Credit Bureaus
Bill Would Give FTC Authority To Police, Fine Credit Bureaus
January 11, 2018  |  Regulation

Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Mark Warner are introducing new legislation that would allow the U.S. government to levy fines on companies that are the...

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What Toymakers Can Learn From VTech Breach And Settlement
What Toymakers Can Learn From VTech Breach And Settlement
January 09, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

It was like stealing data from a baby. In 2015, electronic toy company VTech learned from a journalist that a hacker had accessed its computer...

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