FTC takes action against location data companies accused of unlawfully using consumer info
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is taking action against two location data companies after it said that they unlawfully tracked and sold private consumer information.
FTC takes action against companies accused of unlawfully tracking and selling location data
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is taking action against two location data companies after it said that they unlawfully tracked and sold private consumer information.
FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel
The FTC is targeting data brokers that monitored people’s movements during protests and around US military installations. But signs suggest the Trump administration will be far more lenient.
FTC Safeguards US Consumers from Location Data Misuse
In a settlement announced on Tuesday, the FTC banned Gravy Analytics and Mobilewalla from selling sensitive location data
FTC Release: FTC Takes Action Against Mobilewalla for Collecting and Selling Sensitive Location Data
The Federal Trade Commission will prohibit data broker Mobilewalla, Inc. from selling sensitive location data, including data that reveals the identity of an individual's private home, to settle allegations the data broker sold such information without taking reasonable steps to verify consumers' consent.
FTC bans two data brokers from collecting and selling Americans’ sensitive location data
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Watchdog group asks FTC to investigate Dr. Oz’s influencer marketing
Consumer watchdog group Public Citizen accuses Oz of failing to properly disclose his financial ties to an herbal supplement ...
Two data brokers banned from selling ‘sensitive’ location data by the FTC
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is banning data brokers Gravy Analytics and Mobilewalla from collecting, using, and ...
FTC fines online retailer Goat $2M over deceptive ‘Instant’ and ‘Next Day’ orders
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered Goat, an online marketplace for sneakers and apparel, to pay more than $2 ...
FTC settles with data brokers that sold political, pregnancy info
Two consumer data brokers that sold information used to track individuals' religious and political beliefs, pregnancy status ...
Microsoft asks FTC to address alleged information leak amid reported antitrust investigation
But in an email to the FTC inspector general, sent Tuesday and posted publicly on LinkedIn, Microsoft’s deputy general ...
FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation that Trump administration must carry on or drop
Antitrust enforcers with the Federal Trade Commission have opened a wide-ranging investigation into Microsoft’s business ...
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Challenge to the FTC's CARS Rule Is Ripe for the Fifth Circuit to Decide
On October 9, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments on the challenge by the National Automobile ...
Microsoft Accuses the FTC of Ethics Violations
Microsoft accused the U.S. Federal Trade Commission of violating its ethics standards by leaking an investigation to the ...
FTC Chair Lina Khan fires a parting shot at Microsoft: The United States Federal Trade Commission has opened "broad" antitrust investigation into Microsoft's entire busin…
Lina Khan departs in January 2025, which begs the question as to whether or not anything will come of this latest FTC vs.