The bureau's rule-making proposal could unleash “a battle over the [collection] industry’s tactics and consumers’ rights."
A small Pennsylvania credit union alleges security vulnerabilities and other problems with the vendor's core processing services.
Facebook says the charge it took in the first quarter is a reasonable estimate of what it would cost to resolve an FTC privacy investigation.
Google said it "found no evidence that any profile data was misused" but it will shut down the consumer version of Google+ by August 2019.
The LinkedIn/hiQ case highlights the tension between the desire to protect users' privacy and the free flow of information.
"Our order requires a culture of privacy sensitivity for Uber," Acting FTC Chair Maureen Ohlhausen says of the settlement.
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The GDPR’s primary goal is to give control over personal data back to the individual, in this case the European Union citizen.
Consumers must show "concrete" harm when consumer reporting agencies publish inaccurate information about them, the court rules on a 6-2 vote.
The FCC says the largest U.S. cell provider failed to disclose it was injecting tracking code into web traffic to serve advertisers.
The EU's new General Data Protection Regulation will force companies to change how they handle consumers' online data.
