Likely for the next couple of years, the FTC will intensify its battle on the privacy front. If the White House changes from blue to red, this will likely change, but for the moment, unless Congress acts, the FTC is going to be the lead player. An Idaho based company that sells user data collected […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Anonymous Seems to be doing Better Against Russia than Past Efforts Anonymous, the hacking collective, historically has made claims about how effective they are that have not panned out. However, against Russia, they seem to be pretty effective. Whether that means that they are more focused now or instead, that Russia’s defenses are not very […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]LA Police Collected Social Media Account Info From People They Talked To I’m sure they were just curious. The LA police watchdog says that officers were instructed to collect civilians’ social media details when they interviewed them. An Email from the Chief dating back to 2015. He said it could be beneficial to investigations and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If You Thought the FTC Was Toothless Before, Just Wait I always complained that the FTC’s penalties were way too meek. Now I understand why, but it has just gotten MUCH worse. 99.99% of the blame goes to Congress. Initially, the FTC could not bring lawsuits against businesses at all. All they could do was […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]FTC Approves $5 Billion Fine for Facebook The FTC commissioners reportedly approved an approximately $5 billion fine of Facebook for violating the 2011 consent decree in conjunction with the Cambridge Analytica mess. To put that in perspective, Facebook’s revenue just for 4th quarter of last year was $16.9 billion and their profit for that quarter […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The message this administration has been delivering over the last two-three years is less regulation; less controls. So what, exactly, is the FTC doing? Are they going off the reservation or is there a plan here? My guess is that there is a plan. Last week the FTC whacked DealerBuilt, a service provider that provides […]
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