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Obama to Nominate Cyber Lawyer Maureen K. Ohlhausen as FTC Commissioner
Published on 20 Jul, 2011 at 15:04 in Cyber | Viewed 48 times | No Comments
The White House announced yesterday President Barack Obama’s intent to nominate Maureen K. Ohlhausen as a commissioner to the Federal Trade Commission.
Ohlhausen is currently an attorney at Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP, where she works in the firm’s privacy, data protection and cybersecurity practice. If confirmed by the Senate, she would…
FTC: Consumer Confidence in Internet Marketplace Relies on Privacy Protections
Published on 5 Jul, 2011 at 13:28 in Cyber | Viewed 15 times | No Comments
The Federal Trade Commission has told Congress consumers must be confident their privacy will be protected if they were to take advantage of all the benefits offered by the Internet marketplace.
“Privacy has been an important component of the consumer protection mission for 40 years,” stated Commissioner
FTC Revises Guidance to Businesses on Disclosures in Online Advertising
Published on 31 May, 2011 at 12:42 in Cyber | Viewed 9 times | No Comments
The Federal Trade Commission is updating its “Dot Com Disclosures: Information About Online Advertising,” a document that advises businesses how federal advertising law applies to advertising and sales online, and now the public has a say in what revisions should be made to reflect a technologically transformed world.
As the Internet domain has…
Judge Fines Online Marketers of Bogus Credit Offers, Cites for Contempt
Published on 26 May, 2011 at 11:14 in Cyber | Viewed 21 times | No Comments
A federal district court judge has ordered a deceptive marketing operation to pay more than $3.7 million as part of a contempt action for violating a 2008 court order and conducting an alleged scam the Federal Trade Commission says involved selling a bogus “$10,000 credit line” that was really an online shopping club membership and a “no cost” prepaid debit card with hidden fees.
In 2008,…
Online Marketers Accused of Swindling Consumers in $450M Scheme
Published on 19 May, 2011 at 14:10 in Cyber | Viewed 37 times | No Comments
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against an online operation that allegedly raked in more than $450 million from consumers in the United States and overseas by luring them into “free” or “risk-free” offers, and then charging them for products and services they did not agree to buy.
“The defendants used the lure of a ‘free’ offer to open an illegal pipeline to consumers’…
Virtual Worlds Operator Pays $3 Million for Collecting Kids’ Personal Info
Published on 16 May, 2011 at 13:43 in Cyber | Viewed 38 times | No Comments
An online game company owned by Walt Disney Co. is paying $3 million to settle federal charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule by illegally collecting and disclosing personal information from hundreds of thousands of children without parents’ consent.
FTC alleges that Playdom, Inc. and company executive Howard Marks ran 20 virtual world websites, of which at least one was specifically…
FTC Settles Charges of Data Breach that Exposed 65K Customers’ Info
Published on 4 May, 2011 at 13:29 in Cyber | Viewed 30 times | No Comments
Two companies that maintain large amounts of sensitive information about the employees of their business customers, including Social Security numbers, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to take adequate security measures to protect data.
In complaints filed against Ceridian Corporation and Lookout Services,…
FTC Workshop to Explore How to Protect Consumers from Lottery Scams
Published on 24 Mar, 2011 at 14:13 in Cyber | Viewed 62 times | No Comments
The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop in Chicago to examine what measures can be taken to protect consumers from lottery, prize and sweepstakes scams, and other schemes that use money transfers as payment method, the agency said in a release.
The workshop, “’Congratulations, You’re a Winner!’ – Lottery, Prize,…
Twitter Settles with FTC, Must Create ‘Comprehensive’ Cybersecurity Program
Published on 14 Mar, 2011 at 11:27 in Cyber | Viewed 75 times | No Comments
The Federal Trade Commission has agreed on a settlement with Twitter stemming from allegations that the micro blog deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information, resulting in a breach that allowed hackers to take over Twitter twice in 2009.
At the time of the attacks, FTC said Twitter’s privacy…
ID Theft Tops List of Consumers Complaints
Published on 10 Mar, 2011 at 8:03 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 262 times | No Comments
A list of top consumer complaints in 2010 has revealed that identity theft continues to be the No. 1 complaints category for the 11th consecutive year.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, of 1,339,265 complaints received last year, 250,854 – or 19 percent – were related to identity theft.
Debt collection complaints came in second place, with 144,159…
