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Mobile Advertiser Faces Fines For Illegally Tracking 100 Million Phones

Mobile Advertiser Faces Fines For Illegally Tracking 100 Million Phones
Mobile Advertiser Faces Fines For Illegally Tracking 100 Million Phones
June 23, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has announced $950,000 in fines for Singpore-based InMobi. The digital advertising firm tracked the locations of hundreds of millions of...

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The NFC Taps The FTC To Seek Anti-Trust Investigation Against PCI Over EMV
The NFC Taps The FTC To Seek Anti-Trust Investigation Against PCI Over EMV
June 06, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The National Retail Federation has asked the FTC to investigate the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council on the grounds that credit card companies...

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Judge Just Says No To Staples-Office Depot Merger — Why Every Retailer Should Pay Attention
Judge Just Says No To Staples-Office Depot Merger — Why Every Retailer Should Pay Attention
May 11, 2016  |  Retail

The merger between Staples and Home Depot is over — and not in the ways either party were hoping for when the possibility of the...

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FTC Returns Another Batch Of Debt Scam Payments
FTC Returns Another Batch Of Debt Scam Payments
May 10, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is returning $1.87 million to consumers who lost money to a fraudulent Canadian telemarketing operation that promised debt and mortgage...

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