The senators also called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to step up its investigation by considering both the issues they have previously raised and those singled out by the EC to "ensure a competitive search market where consumers can...
According to the Financial Times, two people familiar with the matter have confirmed that the Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into the purchase, because of the eye-popping price paid by the social networking maven.
In the U.S.the Federal Trade Commission has brought on an outside high-profile legal counsel to run its antitrust investigation that aims to determine whether Google favors its own properties in search results.
Although Google appears to be clear of the Street View mess, the Federal Trade Commission is expected to fine Google for bypassing Safari’s privacy settings, possibly by mid-May, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission filed suit over paid advertisements that misled consumers by showing competitors in search results for businesses. Still, said a Google spokesperson in a statement to World News Australia, "We are...
With the ad sector, Federal Trade Commission, and U.S. Wide adoption of Do Not Track technology isn't just about slapping a button on web browsers. Even after Chrome, Safari, Firefox and IE support user-imposed limits on ad tracking, publishers...
Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Several of Google's key rivals, including Microsoft, have filed complaints with both U.S.and European regulators, citing their concerns with Google's market dominance, with the European Commission launching its own...
Elsewhere, Microsoft has hired Federal Trade Commission (FTC) attorney, Randall Long, who led antitrust investigations into Google's acquisitions of DoubleClick and AdMob. Yahoo's woes continue after it confirmed it will lose the head of its labs...
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the New York Democrat expressed his concerns that privacy rights may be infringed as contact names, telephone numbers, and email addresses are acquired from devices without user permission.
Federal Trade Commission late last week. Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin from the Commission Nationale de L'informatique et Des Libertes (CNIL), which is leading the Article 29 Working Party's investigation into Google's changes, said Google’s new...
Less than a week after a Federal Trade Commission report condemned the lack of privacy policies and disclosures from mobile application providers, Google, Apple, Microsoft, HP, Research In Motion (RIM) and Amazon have agreed to improve privacy...
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL are on board with a new White House “Do Not Track” technology plan that will give more control to users and more power to the Federal Trade Commission. Meanwhile, a lawsuit was filed in federal court in Delaware...
The Federal Trade Commission has released the results of a staff report complaining that mobile applications for children lack privacy policies and disclosure. FTC staff examined offerings in the Apple App Store and Android Marketplace, evaluating...
Federal Trade Commission in the hopes of stopping the new Google privacy policy, which is set to become effective March 1. But the Commission has failed to due [sic] so. The complaint was filed today in a Washington, D.C.federal district court.
Legislators, privacy advocates, and the Federal Trade Commission have suggested that companies like Google simplify their privacy policies for years. I plan to ask the Federal Trade Commission whether Google's planned changes to its privacy policy...
Two US senators have asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to launch a formal anti-trust investigation into Google. Senators Herb Kohl and Mike Lee have written to the FTC (PDF) about their fears that Google could be abusing its dominant...
Facebook shared user IDs with advertisers, allowing them to tie Facebook data to information gleaned about users on other sites, according to the Federal Trade Commission, which unveiled a privacy settlement with the company yesterday.
Federal Trade Commission, Google is likely to face additional requirements from the U.S.government prior to getting full access to the resources of Motorola. Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility is stepping further toward finalization with the...
Chairman Jon Leibowitz Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20580 Think about all the forms of information that used tobe very difficult to access, but which are now at your fingertips, empowered not only by the...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gave the bill unanimous support (the vote was 4 - 0) in the official vote this month. The FTC has approved its settlement with Google that addresses improper privacy disclosure during the release of Buzz.
