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FTC Report Details How Google Manipulates Search Market
A previously undisclosed FTC document offers new insights into how Google has preserved and extended its monopoly in the search market.
Google Privacy Director Alma Whitten Resigns
Alma Whitten will leave the search giant after 10 years. Whitten ascended to the position of privacy director in the wake of…
FTC Tightens Online Disclosure Requirements
The FTC's new disclosure standard considerably tightens the requirements for disclosure statements for online advertisements, ads and reviews. Also, if you're posting…
FTC: Mobile App Developers Still Failing to Protect Kids
The FTC has issued a report on software apps that criticizes their trampling of the privacy of children The report, "Mobile Apps…
FTC to Drop Vertical Search Antitrust Case Against Google? No Consumer Harm Found
Federal Trade Commission officials are reportedly thinking of dropping their antitrust case against Google. The FTC plans to drop the case because…
Google Hiring Privacy Red Team
Google has begun hiring for a crack team of data experts – code named Red Team – to help resolve privacy complaints,…
Google Told to Fix 4 Areas in Search, Advertising to End Antitrust Inquiry
European antitrust chiefs are offering Google a chance to end the 18-month investigation into alleged monopoly abuses by the company. U.S. senators…
As Yahoo Layoff Rumors Swirl, Labs Chief Heads to Google
Yahoo's woes continue after it confirmed it will lose the head of its labs unit, Prabhakar Raghavan, to Google. Raghaven's research interests…
US Senators Ask FTC to Launch 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…
FTC Finalizes Settlement of Google Buzz Privacy Issues
The FTC has approved its settlement with Google that addresses improper privacy disclosure during the release of Buzz. The settlement mandates additional…
Facebook Fixes Cookie Issues as Lawmakers Urge FTC Privacy Probe
Reports that Facebook cookies were left in-tact after logout have lawmakers gunning for the social network. The tracking issue has since been…