U.S. Supreme Court Considers Making Challenges to FTC, SEC Easier November 7, 2022 By Andrew Chung and Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Monday to hear arguments in two cases that could make it easier to...
FTC Accuses Data Broker of Selling Sensitive Location Data August 31, 2022 By Marcy Gordon Federal regulators have sued a data broker they accuse of selling sensitive geolocation data from millions of mobile devices, information...
Twitter Misled Regulators on Hackers and Spam, Whistleblower Claims August 24, 2022 Twitter Inc. misled federal regulators about its defenses against hackers and spam accounts, the social media company’s former security chief...
Data ‘Surveillance’ Crackdown Begins With FTC Privacy Pitch August 12, 2022 By Andrea Vittorio The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public feedback on a proposed rulemaking to limit what it’s dubbed “commercial surveillance” by...
FTC Fires Warning Shot at Drug Middlemen Over Rebates, Fees June 17, 2022 By Diane Bartz The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously Thursday to increase scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers that act as middlemen between...
Twitter Will Pay $150M to Settle With U.S. Over Data Privacy Violations May 26, 2022 By Diane Bartz and Katie Paul Twitter Inc. has agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations it misused private information, like phone numbers, to target...
NFL’s Washington Commanders Deny Financial, Workplace Misconduct Allegations April 20, 2022 By Stephen Whyno The NFL’s Washington Commanders denied several allegations of financial impropriety in a letter sent Monday to the U.S Federal Trade...
FTC Sues to Stop Merger of Rhode Island’s Two Biggest Hospital Firms February 18, 2022 By Diane Bartz The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that it would file a lawsuit aimed at stopping the merger of...
Valentine Heartbreaker: Romance Scammers Took in $547 Million in 2021 February 14, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson New data show that more consumers than ever are falling prey to romance scammers. Consumers reported losing $547 million in...
U.S. Volkswagen Owners Cheated in Diesel Scam Receive $9.8 Billion in Settlements July 28, 2020 By David Shepardson U.S. buyers of polluting Volkswagen AG vehicles received more than $9.8 billion in settlements, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said...