Tag: FTC
Lawmakers push FTC to clean up the VPN industry
Last week, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) wrote a letter urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address deceptive practices in the Virtual Private Network (VPN) industry. Eshoo and Wyden’s letter comes as people look to hide their digital footprint following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
FTC says it will crack down on medical and location data sharing after abortion privacy concerns
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says it will step up to protect the privacy of consumers in a post-Roe America, declaring the agency is “committed to fully enforcing the law” against illegal sharing of sensitive medical and location data.
Twitter schikt zaak over delen van 2FA-telefoonnummers met adverteerders
Twitter heeft een schikking getroffen in een zaak over het gebruik van telefoonnummers die door gebruikers waren verstrekt voor het beveiligen van accounts voor het tonen van gerichte advertenties. Naast nummers ging het ook om e-mailadressen die gebruikers voor veiligheidsdoeleinden hadden opgegeven.
The FTC Wants Companies to Find Log4j Fast. It Won’t Be Easy
On december 9, when the Apache Software Foundation disclosed a massive vulnerability in Log4j, its Java logging library, it triggered a cat-and-mouse game as IT professionals raced to secure their systems against cybercriminals looking to exploit a huge, now-known, issue.
Senate Democrats call on FTC to fix data privacy ‘crisis’
Senate Democrats are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to write new rules to protect consumer data privacy in a new letter to the agency authored on Monday. The letter, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and signed by eight other Democratic senators, was sent to FTC Chair Lina Khan Monday, calling on the agency to “begin a rulemaking process” on privacy.