Posts Tagged: Federal Trade Commission

A second chance for Safe Harbor?

U.S. and European regulators have struck a deal to replace the Safe Harbor deal that was nullified last year.

All four of the U.S.’s biggest wireless providers have been found guilty of mobile cramming.

The growing numbers of endpoints make for more vulnerable channels through which hackers can retrieve personal information.

A Senate hearing and a recent FTC report show that legislative bodies are looking towards the future of connected devices.

According to Pew, only 44% of Americans properly comprehend the function of a privacy policy.

Multiple government agencies are going after carriers that reap the benefits of unauthorized charges to U.S. mobile users’ bills.

The company is being sued by the FTC for violating consumer protection rights.

Facebook’s and Yahoo’s interests in building self-destructing content services will bring more players to Snapchat’s arena.

Privacy advocates are worried that WhatsApp users will be compromised through the deal with Facebook.

The Facebook/WhatsApp deal has privacy groups in the U.S. and Europe in an uproar.