- FTC To Study Big Tech Acquisitions Since 2010
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 11, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission will examine a decade's worth of tech compa ...
- LendEDU Duped Consumers With Fake Reviews, Paid Ratings
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 3, 2020
The online loan marketplace LendEDU, which allows consumers to compare offerings fr ...
- FDA Plans To Study Influencer Marketing
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 29, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration wants to examine the effectiveness of disclaime ...
- YouTube And Channel Operators Urge Judge To Dismiss Lawsuit Over Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 27, 2020
The mother of a 5-year-old YouTube viewer has no grounds to s ...
- Facebook And FTC Urge Judge To Approve $5 Billion Privacy Settlement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, January 26, 2020
"Facebook agreed to the sweeping terms in the Stipulated Order because ...
- House Lawmakers Propose Expansion Of Children's Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 10, 2020
Two lawmakers in the House have introduced a bill that would prohib ...
- YouTube Stops Serving Personalized Ads On Children's Videos
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 6, 2020
"YouTube now treats personal information from anyone watching children's content on t ...
- FTC Settles With Unroll.Me Over Privacy, Rejects EPIC's Request For Tougher Terms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The deal requires Unroll.Me, owned by Slice Technologies, to delete data abo ...
- FTC Considers Injunction Against Facebook's App Integration
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, December 13, 2019
Regulators fear a more interconnected Facebook would make an eventual breakup ...
- FTC Urged To Step Up Enforcement Of Children's Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 11, 2019
"Even when the FTC does act, it takes a long time a ...
- Google Urges FTC To Weaken Children's Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Google argues that adults as well as children watch videos aimed ...
- Cambridge Analytica Duped Facebook Users, FTC Finds
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 6, 2019
The agency ordered Cambridge Analytica, now in bankruptcy, to delete data collect ...
- FTC Urged To Investigate Digital Advertising Before Revising Children's Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 5, 2019
"The FTC cannot base substantive policy decisions on the current dearth ...
- Advertisers Urge FTC Not To Broaden 'Negative Option' Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Existing regulations protect consumers "by providing them with transparency and the abili ...
- Senate Democrats Introduce Broad Privacy Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 26, 2019
A privacy bill introduced Tuesday by four Democrats on the Senate Commer ...
- AT&T To Pay $60 Million For Throttling 'Unlimited' Data Subscribers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 5, 2019
The proposed settlement with the FTC also requires AT&T to prominently disclo ...
- FTC Tells Influencers To Disclose Paid Endorsements -- Again
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 5, 2019
The fact that the FTC is issuing a reminder suggests the agen ...
- U.K. Watchdogs Urge FTC Not To Weaken Children's Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 1, 2019
U.K. officials and other watchdogs say they have "significant concerns" that t ...
- FTC Sanctions CEO Of Company That Sold Fake Followers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 21, 2019
The owner of a company that allegedly sold fake social media followe ...
- Wyden Introduces New Do-Not-Track Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 17, 2019
The proposed privacy bill would allow the FTC to fine companies th ...
- FTC Privacy Settlement Too Favorable To Facebook, Watchdogs Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 16, 2019
"The settlement releases Facebook from liability for past violations that are n ...
- Lawmaker: FTC's Facebook Settlement Sets 'Dangerous Precedent'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 11, 2019
"I am concerned that the release of Facebook and its officers fr ...
- Senators Urge FTC Not To Weaken Children's Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 4, 2019
The letter comes in advance of the FTC's planned Monday workshop ...
- FTC May Loosen Children's Privacy Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 23, 2019
An FTC official suggested the agency is considering changing children's privacy rul ...
- Facebook Suspends 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Apps Over Data Concerns
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, September 22, 2019
Facebook said Friday it has suspended "tens of thousands" of apps ...
- Walgreens Agrees To Settle Lawsuit Over Search Ad Restrictions
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 18, 2019
The settlement will resolve allegations that Walgreens violated antitrust law by enteri ...
- YouTube Agrees To Pay $170 Million Over Children's Privacy Violations
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 4, 2019
The proposed settlement also calls for Google to develop a system aim ...
- YouTube Fined $170 Million Over Children's Privacy Violations
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 4, 2019
The proposed settlement also calls for Google to develop a system aim ...
- Restitution Blues: FTC Loses Appeal In Credit Report Scam Case
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 26, 2019
The court rules that the FTC did not have authority to ord ...
- FTC And FCC Reportedly Oppose Trump's Social Media Plan
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 22, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission reportedly are pushing ba ...