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Proposed Legislation Would Create Office of Cybersecurity at FTC
2018-01-11 18:05

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Judge Dismisses Part of FTC Case Against D-Link
2017-09-22 10:20

A federal judge has dismissed three of the six counts in a complaint filed in January by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against D-Link. The FTC accused the Taiwan-based networking...

Part of FTC Complaint Against D-Link Dismissed
2017-09-21 12:03

But FTC Has One Month to Amend the ComplaintA federal judge Tuesday dismissed three of six counts in a complaint filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission against IoT manufacturer D-Link that...

Top Democrat Likens Equifax to Enron as FTC Launches Probe
2017-09-15 16:48

Pressure on Data Broker Increases, But to Fix System, Congress Must ActEquifax is facing increased scrutiny from the FTC and Congress, including calls for its senior management team to resign...

Lenovo, FTC to Settle Superfish Adware Complaint (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-06 14:03

Superfish Used a Self-Signed Root Certificate to Inspect All TrafficLenovo will pay $3.5 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and 32 states to settle a case brought against it over...

Lenovo settles FTC charges it harmed consumers with preinstalled software (Help Net Security)
2017-09-06 12:30

Lenovo has agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission and 32 State Attorneys General that the company harmed consumers by pre-loading software on some laptops that compromised...

Lenovo Settles FTC Charges Over Superfish Adware (Security Week)
2017-09-06 10:13

Lenovo has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Attorneys General in 32 states regarding the company’s decision to preinstall man-in-the-middle (MitM) software on...

FTC Complaint Alleges Hotspot Shield Collects User Data (Security Week)
2017-08-07 17:57

A complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday alleges that the popular free Virtual Private Network (VPN) service Hotspot Shield collects a large amount of data and...

Appellate Court to Rule on FTC's Case vs. LabMD (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-22 21:17

Both Sides Make Their Final Arguments Before Panel of JudgesThe long-running data security dispute between cancer testing laboratory LabMD and the Federal Trade Commission is now in the hands of a...