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Websites that are collecting information from children under the age of thirteen are required to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Facebook is c...

Facebook’s Retail Data Mining Already Being Questioned by Privacy Groups

That was fast. Just a few days after multiple outlets reported on a new way Facebook is providing better analytics on ad campaigns to marketers, two electronic privacy groups have...

Joshua Wright FTC Nomination Probably Makes Google Happy

This week, President Obama nominated Joshua Wright, a George Mason University School of Law professor, to serve on the Federal Trade Commission, replacing Commissioner J. Thomas Ro...

Consumer Watchdog Challenges Google’s FTC Settlement Over “Safari-gate”

Consumer Watchdog announced today that it has won the right to oppose the recently announced...

FTC Nears End Of Google Antitrust Probe [Report]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may reach a decision on how to proceed with an antitrust probe into Google, by mid September, according to...

Former FTC Chairman Doesn’t Think An FTC Antitrust Suit Against Google Would Work

There has been talk about a possible antitrust investigation into Google by the FTC for over a year. Earlier this year, the...

Facebook/Instagram Deal Gets the FTC’s Blessing

Everything looks a-ok with Facebook's acqusition of photo-sharing app Instagram, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC has just ended...

Facebook Dodges FTC Fines Over Privacy After Google Gets Nailed

A day after handing Google the largest fine it has ever handed to...

FTC Lawyer Gloats About Big Win Against Google

Yesterday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced that Google wil...

FTC Announces Google’s Massive Fine For “Safari-gate” Settlement

Last month, it was reported that Google was about to pay a $22.5 million penalty, cour...

Google To Get Biggest Fine In FTC History?

It looks like Google is about to pay the biggest fine ever to be issued to a company (at least one company) by the FTC. That is if a Wall Street Journal...

Google Would Support A Transparency Review From The FTC. Competitors? No Comment.

Last month, search industry veteran Danny Sullivan...

Google Inherits FTC Investigation with Motorola Acquisition

With their recent acquisition of Motorola and their essential technology patents, Google Inc. has...

Search Industry Vet Calls Upon FTC To Scrutinize Google (And Other Search Engines)

Veteran search industry journalist Danny Sullivan has written a letter to the Fe...

FTC Opposes Bans Over Standards Essential Patents

Last week Tim Cook spent time on stage during the opening session of AllThingsD's D10 Conference talking to Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher about a variety of topics. Among the issu...

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