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Now in its 100th year, the FTC has become the Federal Technology Commission
Today marks the 99th anniversary of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which will be commemorated tomorrow by FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen in an public address...
We Talk Targeted Advertising and California’s “Online Eraser” Law on RT America
TF’s Berin Szoka appeared on RT America’s Tech Report today, discussing Twitter’s recent purchase of online advertising company MoPub and California’s new “Online Eraser” law....
Hey, FTC, Whatsathamattawitchew? Focus on identity theft, already!
The FTC’s raison d’etre is the prevention of consumer harm. The FTC Act prohibits unfair or deceptive acts and practices. Both proscriptions are grounded in...
Arguments set in Wyndham for 11/7: Will the FTC lose on data security?
Over the last nine years, the FTC has brought four dozen enforcement actions alleging that a failure to have reasonable data security was unfair and/or deceptive. Last...
The first rule of FISA Court is “You do not talk about FISA Court”
Privacy advocates are furious at today’s report in The Guardian that no telcos ever challenged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) orders but they miss the point: classifying legal...
Why the W3C’s “Do Not Track” Working Group is falling apart
The Digital Advertising Alliance explains why it’s quitting the Tracking Protection Working Group: Despite extension after extension of its charter year after year by the...