Federal Trade Commission articles

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  FTC sues company found to be 'cramming' cellphone bills with unauthorized charges

  By Chris Welch on April 17, 2013 05:48 pm + 22 comments

  The Federal Trade Commission is taking Wise Media to court, accusing the Georgia-based company of Continue reading…

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  Taming of the shrewd: can the ACLU free Android from carrier control?

  By T.C. Sottek on April 16, 2013 10:00 pm + 92 comments

  A statue outside the Federal Trade Commission's headquarters in Washington, DC. Have you been told Continue reading…

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  FTC files charges against spammers accused of sending 180 million text messages

  By Bryan Bishop on March 7, 2013 07:47 pm + 27 comments

  Last year the Federal Communications Commission put new measures in place to protect consumers from Continue reading…

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  HTC settles with FTC over leaving Carrier IQ and other logging tools open to hackers

  By Adi Robertson on February 22, 2013 12:11 pm + 15 comments

  HTC has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over security problems that left Continue reading…

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  Path will pay $800,000 in FTC settlement over privacy controversy

  By Chris Welch on February 1, 2013 10:44 am + 14 comments

  Last year, social networking app Path came under fire when it was discovered that the company was c Continue reading…

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  Who can stop robocalls? FTC tries to crowdsource a solution but falls flat

  By Adrianne Jeffries on January 28, 2013 02:35 pm + 60 comments

  I’ve been living with just a cell phone my entire adult life, but earlier this year I decided to Continue reading…

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  Microsoft criticizes FTC settlement with Google, calls outcome 'a missed opportunity'

  By Bryan Bishop on January 3, 2013 08:47 pm + 467 comments

  Dissenting FTC commissioners aren't the only ones that disagree with the settlement deal the Federal Continue reading…

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  FTC Commissioner warns Google settlement may look like 'preferential treatment'

  By Bryan Bishop on January 3, 2013 05:59 pm + 31 comments

  The FTC announced its settlement with Google today, and while its commissioners may have agreed Continue reading…

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  FTC reaches settlement with Google, bringing antitrust investigations to a close

  By Bryan Bishop on January 3, 2013 01:14 pm + 90 comments

  As was widely expected, the Federal Trade Commission announced this morning that it has reached a Continue reading…

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  FTC toughens online protection rules for children, restricting location and other data collection without parental consent

  By T.C. Sottek on December 19, 2012 12:19 pm + 4 comments

  The FTC has just announced that it has adopted amendments to rules enforced under the Children's Continue reading…