Federal Trade Commission

FTC: Data Broker Sold Payday Loan Data To Scammers For 50 Cents Per Victim
FTC: Data Broker Sold Payday Loan Data To Scammers For 50 Cents Per Victim
December 29, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

A data broker who helped scammers steal millions of dollars from payday loan applicants is the target of a lawsuit filed last week by the...

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Google Pays $19M Over Kids’ In-App Buying
Google Pays $19M Over Kids’ In-App Buying
December 08, 2014  |  News

Google will refund at least $19 million in in-app purchases by children that were “accidental or not authorized by the account holder,” according to a...

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FTC’s 5 Concerns About Mobile Financial Services
FTC’s 5 Concerns About Mobile Financial Services
September 16, 2014  |  B2B Payments

This past summer, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began soliciting comments on mobile financial-services use. It’s goal is to learn more about how technology is...

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Google To Track The Legally Sensitive Younger-Than-13 Set
Google To Track The Legally Sensitive Younger-Than-13 Set
August 20, 2014  |  News

In a move that thrusts Google even more deeply into the ultra-sensitive privacy data terrain, the search engine giant is about to offer accounts for...

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