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Federal regulators have fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and are instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. But they are only holding CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
After months of negotiations, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a record $5 billion settlement with Facebook over its privacy investigation into the Cambridge Analytica...
Settlement Stems From Cambridge Analytica IncidentAfter a long privacy investigation, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted Friday to levy a $5 billion fine against Facebook, according to the...
Taiwan-based networking equipment manufacturer D-Link has agreed to implement a comprehensive security program to settle accusations by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claiming that the...
Taiwanese networking equipment manufacturer D-Link has agreed to implement a "comprehensive software security program" in order to settle a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit alleging that the...
Proposed Settlement Requires D-Link to Bolster Security ProgramD-Link has reached a proposed settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which alleged the IoT device developer left...
Sen. Markey and 2 consumer groups said the Google-owned service must comply with COPPA and should be held accountable for not doing so.
It's a drop in the “4.7 billion robocalls placed per month” bucket, but hey, it's better than nothing!
It also wants to be the country's data-privacy police: commissioners called for more resources and ability to impose penalties.
On this week's Threatpost news wrap, the team discusses Facebook's FTC fine for its data security practices, a report that Amazon is collecting Echo users' geolocation data, and more.