Topic: U.S. Federal Trade Commission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook will be required to get user consent for certain changes to privacy settings as part of a settlement of federal charges that it deceived consumers and forced them to share more personal information than they intended.The settlement with ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook will be required to get user consent for certain changes to privacy settings as part of a settlement of federal charges that it deceived consumers and forced them to share more personal information than they intended.The settlement with ...
(Reuters) - Two leading lawmakers on privacy -- a Republican and Democrat -- have asked the Federal Trade Commission to look into MSN.com and Hulu.com's installation of cookies onto users' computers that cannot be deleted.In a letter dated on Monday, Representatives Joe ...
(Reuters) - A proposed update of the U.S. online privacy rule for children would revise definitions of personal information and beef up parental consent mechanisms to reflect technological changes.The Federal Trade Commission plan would modify its Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule that ...
US regulators on Thursday said that Walt Disney-owned Playdom will pay three million dollars to settle charges that the online game star wrongly gathered information about children.Playdom broke the law by not getting permission from parents or guardians before collecting information about ...
The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with Google on Wednesday over Google Buzz, the social networking tool rolled out last year which spawned a slew of privacy complaints.Under the settlement announced by the US regulator, Google is required to implement a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is backing legislation to protect the personal data of Internet users, toughening its stance from a call last year for voluntary codes of conduct for data companies and advertisers."The administration is now at the point of ...
Cheered on by civil liberties advocates and consumer groups, a US lawmaker introduced legislation Friday to help safeguard Internet users' privacy and rein in dissemination of personal financial data."These two bills send a clear message -- privacy over profit," Democratic Representative Jackie ...
US regulators in charge of protecting the privacy of consumers are proposing safeguards including a "Do Not Track" mechanism for people who want to be stealthy online.The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) preliminary staff report released on Wednesday is intended as a framework ...
Federal Trade Commission proposes Do Not Track list for Internet marketingFederal regulators are proposing to create a "Do Not Track" list for the Internet so that people could prevent marketers from tracking their Web browsing habits and other online behavior in order ...
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