The Federal Trade Commission announced Monday (Dec. 21) that software vendor Oracle has agreed to settle on the charges filed against it...
LifeLock, the identity security company under fire for allegedly not delivering on security promises, has agreed to pay as much as $113...
The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday (Dec. 8) the appointment of an Internet privacy and security expert as its new chief technologist....
The Staples acquisition of Office Depot is far from being a done deal, it appears. The most recent rumblings on the move...
The flow of personal data is something that can easily be taken for granted in an era of lightning-fast Wi-Fi connections, always-on...
The Federal Trade Commission is warning of a series of scams aimed at taking advantage of consumers who have yet to receive...
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez is reinforcing the need for technology startups to invest in ensuring cybersecurity measures are integrated into...
A federal court said on Monday that companies that fail to provide their consumers with “reasonable protections” against data breaches can be...
One of Google’s staunchest allies in the U.S. government is resigning. On Monday (Aug. 17), it was announced by the Federal Trade...
The Federal Trade Commission announced this week (Aug. 12) that it has charged a data broker operation with allowing consumers involved in payday loans...
LifeLock shares took a hit on Tuesday (July 21) after the Federal Trade Commission said that same day that the data security company failed...
From Microsoft’s Kinect to Amazon’s Echo, gadgets have evolved to the point where they are ready and waiting to receive and understand...
The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on payday loan operators accused of withholding millions of dollars from consumers by keeping them...
Bitreserve has had a busy two weeks. The biggest news of the week for Bitreserve, of course, was the naming of its new...
Customer-tracking vendor Nomi Technologies failed to give in-store customers an adequate chance to opt out of being tracked through their smartphones, according...
A card processor that was accused of illegally processing more than $26 million in unauthorized consumer charges for a suspected scammer has...
The Federal Trade Commission is launching a new research office to do deeper dives into privacy, new payment methods and the Internet...
As the Federal Trade Commission looks to work with the White House to tighten data security laws, consumer protection officials have been...
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez defended a recently released draft of the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights at a privacy conference...
As much of a problem as payday lenders can be, there are worse things — such as companies that tell consumers who...
The Personal Data Notification & Protection Act, unveiled earlier this month to the Federal Trade Commission, would set a national standard for...
The staff of the Federal Trade Commission issued a report yesterday (Jan. 27) on the Internet of Things, naming security as its...
Regulations on lending could harm consumers, according to Joshua Wright, one of the five Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission and a...
A data broker who helped scammers steal millions of dollars from payday loan applicants is the target of a lawsuit filed last...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) convinced a federal court to shut down a Missouri-based Bitcoin company called Butterfly Labs because, according...
A recent Urban Institute analysis of the credit files of nearly 7 million Americans revealed that 35 percent had a debt so...
In a move that thrusts Google even more deeply into the ultra-sensitive privacy data terrain, the search engine giant is about to...
Online movie-ticket vendor Fandango and credit-report site Credit Karma face 20 years of security assessments as part of a settlement of charges...