Head of FTC Has Conflict of Interest in Google/Doubleclick Merger
Warning! Warning! You have found a RANT. Articles in this section are sounding boards for my frustrations. They usually (more like always) lack impartiality and may include arguments and "facts" that...
View ArticleFTC Approves Google Merger Despite Conflict of Interests. Accountability,...
Even though the chair of the FTC has clear financial interests in the merger of Google and Doubleclick AND she was on the board deciding if the deal could go through AND she refused to recluse herself,...
View ArticleFTC Continues to Be Useless
According to their annual report to congress, the Federal Trade Commission recieved over 69,000 complaints that debt collectors were violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the law that...
View ArticleTJX Settles with FTC Over Biggest Data Breach In History
TJX has settled under charges that they had insufficient computer security protecting their systems, but the only thing TJX must do under the settlement is upgrade their security. Woo. And this: “By...
View ArticleFTC To Challenge Fake Blogging, Spyware, Spam, and DRM
I'm skeptical of the Federal Trade Commission's ability to deal with spyware or Spam, but the crack-down on fake blogging and unlabeled DRM is interesting. Fake blogs (flogs), like the ones set up by...
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Sears and Kmart Websites Install Spyware on Computers
Bad Sears, BAD!The sick thing about this story is that the spyware wasn't a hack against these companies, but was planned and sanctioned by the companies. Between April 2007 and January 2008, visitors...
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FreeCreditReport.com Class Action Suit!
This totally made my day: A Wisconsin college student filed a class-action complaint against Experian this week, claiming that the company's ubiquitous ads for FreeCreditReport.com led her to believe...
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Kellogg’s Cereals Ordered to Stop Lying… Again
Liar, liar...Would it surprise you to know that sugary cereals really aren't healthy? Sure! They have a vitamin or two and probably some kind of grain buried under all the fat and sugar and chemicals,...
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Twitter Warned By Government For Security Breaches
So it's not just Facebook that's full of holes and privacy issues. Twitter has been warned by the Federal Trade Commission for their "serious lapses in data security". The FTC had originally accused...
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FTC Suggests “Privacy by Design”
The Federal Trade Commission proposed a new standard of privacy in American Industry recently: “Despite some good actors, self-regulation of privacy has not worked adequately and is not working...
View ArticleFTC Seeks Comments on Use of Social Security Numbers
I wonder if it will do any good this time, but the FTC is requesting comments on how SSNs tie into ID theft. I wasn't too excited by the results of their last attempt to seek comments. Yes, I know that...
View ArticleCalling for Accountability of the Federal Trade Commission
If you didn't already know, I'm pretty mad at the FTC. Though ID theft has been the top consumer complaint for the last 6 years running, though they have put a large amount of resources into their...
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Sears and Kmart Websites Install Spyware on Computers
Bad Sears, BAD! The sick thing about this story is that the spyware wasn't a hack against these companies, but was planned and sanctioned by the companies. Between April 2007 and January 2008, visitors...
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FreeCreditReport.com Class Action Suit!
This totally made my day: A Wisconsin college student filed a class-action complaint against Experian this week, claiming that the company's ubiquitous ads for FreeCreditReport.com led her to believe...
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