Ftc articles

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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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  FTC gives app developers new privacy guidelines, suggests 'Do Not Track' for mobile

  By Adi Robertson on February 1, 2013 10:29 am + 12 comments

  In the wake of growing debates over mobile privacy, the US Federal Trade Commission has urged mobile Continue reading…

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  A month after Google settlement, FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz announces his resignation

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 1, 2013 12:59 am + 43 comments

  Federal Trade Commission chairman Jon Leibowitz is resigning later this month. The chairman tells T 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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  Patent Office, DOJ weigh in on the improper use of standards patents to ban products

  By Matt Macari on January 9, 2013 01:20 pm + 7 comments

  The US Patent and Trademark Office and the US Department of Justice joined the ever-growing debate Continue reading…

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  Google drops standards patent dispute with Microsoft in wake of FTC settlement

  By Bryan Bishop on January 8, 2013 10:05 pm + 42 comments

  Today Google withdrew two patent infringement claims against Microsoft in what appears to be some of Continue reading…

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  Google's lobbying may not be the real reason for its FTC settlement

  By Ben Kersey on January 6, 2013 07:04 pm + 16 comments

  Google's settlement with the FTC over antitrust concerns has led many to believe that the company Continue reading…

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  Google's years-long effort to defuse the FTC's antitrust accusations

  By Adi Robertson on January 4, 2013 06:41 pm + 131 comments

  After months of investigation, the FTC closed an antitrust investigation of Google with a relatively 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…