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Report: Google faces fine over Safari tracking

...The US Federal Trade Commission is expected to decide during the next 30 days whether... Read more

17 April, 2012 by Steven Musil

Consumer group takes Google privacy complaint to FTC

...Center for Digital Democracy filed a complaint on Wednesday with the US Federal Trade Commission claiming that Google's move to consolidate its dozens of... Read more

23 February, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Report: FTC to probe Google+

...The US Federal Trade Commission is extending its probe of Google to include Google+, the... Read more

16 January, 2012 by Joe Svetlik

Google faces antitrust calls over search shake-up

...privacy concerns. He said he is considering filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asking the agency to investigate the Google search update... Read more

12 January, 2012 by Elinor Mills

Facebook strikes deal on privacy with FTC

...and long-awaited — IPO. Facebook has reached an agreement with the US Federal Trade Commission on the way it handles user data and privacy. Screenshot... Read more

30 November, 2011 by Elinor Mills

US politicians call for scrutiny of Facebook tracking

...Two US congressmen have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Facebook's practice of tracking users even after... Read more

29 September, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Report: FTC probe of Google will look at Android

...people familiar with the probe", reported on Wednesday that lawyers from the Federal Trade Commission are asking whether the web giant is preventing device makers... Read more

11 August, 2011 by Jay Greene

Report: FTC readies antitrust probe of Google

...The US Federal Trade Commission is reportedly ready to serve Google with subpoenas in a... Read more

24 June, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Researcher: Dropbox misled users over data security

...A complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission alleges that cloud-based storage provider Dropbox has deceived users... Read more

17 May, 2011 by Madalena Araujo

FTC may probe Google search dominance, says report

...The US Federal Trade Commission may soon be adding its name to the list of... Read more

5 April, 2011 by Steven Musil

EU joins FTC in Apple business investigation

...Regulators from the European Union are getting involved in the Federal Trade Commission investigation of Apple's business strategies that was opened up... Read more

11 August, 2010 by Josh Lowensohn

Google's Safari tracking faces EU, US scrutiny

...mobile devices. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking into whether the Google's action violated... Read more

16 March, 2012 by Steven Musil

Report: Antitrust regulators eye Apple

...App Store, according to newspaper reports. The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are interested in whether Apple is violating antitrust laws by... Read more

18 February, 2011 by Steven Musil

Intel and FTC make antitrust compromise

...Intel and the Federal Trade Commission have tentatively settled a antitrust dispute over the chipmaker's... Read more

5 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

Microsoft launches internet fraud alert system

...by organisations including Accuity, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), eBay, the Federal Trade Commission and PayPal, Microsoft said. With the service, security researchers can... Read more

18 June, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

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