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...Trade Commission. According to the FTC, the defendant, Pricewert LLC...including 3FN and APS Telecom. The FTC alleged that the firm actively recruited...botnet command and control servers. The FTC claimed that the defendant advertised... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/08/236345/court-shuts-down-rogue-isp.htm
...regulation move and said consumers would be better protected by a broader privacy law, according to the Financial Times. The FTC said the move was "a good first step", which means the advertising industry may have to take further steps to safeguard... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236753/us-online-advertisers-scramble-to-avoid-new-privacy.htm
...from at least 30,000 underage children without first obtaining their parents' consent, in violation of COPPA, said the FTC. Many of these sites also enable children to create personal fan pages, review artists' albums, upload photos or... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/12/12/233874/sony-music-pays-1m-to-settle-online-child-privacy-case.htm
...and other highly sensitive information private, according to US media reports. The Center for Digital Democracy said the FTC had failed to recognise that a vast commercial surveillance system is at the core of most search engines. The new... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/16/234826/us-privacy-groups-unhappy-with-new-online-ad-rules.htm
...from financial institutions. An attempt by opportunistic phishers hoping to exploit uncertainty in financial markets. The FTC stated: "these messages may be from 'phishers' looking to use personal information - account numbers, passwords... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/11/12/233346/be-vigilant-of-saboteurs-revenge-cybercrime.htm
...how Zango is failing to live up to the FTC settlement. "We commend the...the key terms and requirements of the FTC settlement." About Security Blog...researchers noted the specifics of the FTC settlement, in which Zango is... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/11/23/220122/zango-defying-ftc-agreement-researchers-say.htm
...technological means such as the internet. The FTC estimated that 9.9 million US residents...said Howard Beales, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection...Unfortunately, that's not the case." The FTC's numbers are higher than most previous... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2003/09/04/196990/victims-of-id-theft-in-us-rises-to-27-million.htm
...and contained technology that monitored consumers’ listening habits to send them marketing messages. According to the FTC, the software also exposed consumers to significant security risks and was unreasonably difficult to uninstall. It... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/02/01/221560/sony-cd-drm-software-settlement-may-cost-it-millions.htm
... "Legislation should prescribe how they disclose and when they disclose," she said. "It would be monitored by the FTC, so they [companies] know someone is watching. And if they do not disclose properly, they would be fined appropriately... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/08/31/218142/potential-us-data-security-law-causes-concern.htm
...with the name of their company at the top of it, with a headline that says the company has lost 1 million records and the FTC is set to investigate. It's to convey that security breaches are now unacceptable." However, Hoofnagle said he... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/11/15/219951/rising-cost-of-data-breaches-fuel-security-spending.htm

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