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Industry experts: RFID policy must be measured
News Industry representatives, government officials, and consumer advocates discuss how to encourage growth of the identification technology while addressing privacy concerns.
Tags: RFID, Policy and management, Security, Mobile, Privacy, Information Security, FTC, contactless payment, phone, researcher
FTC plans formal investigation of Intel
News The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation that will explore the chipmaker's business practices.
Tags: Antitrust, Intel Corp., PC Company, FTC, Europe, South Korea, Japan, New York, U.S., blog
Data Privacy Day's messages for Obama, consumers
News Privacy advocates warn Obama about identity fraud and cookies, while Microsoft hosts panel discussion on how to educate consumers as part of Data Privacy Day.
Tags: Privacy, Hacking, Firewalls, Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing, Microsoft Corp., Cookie, FTC, Data Privacy Day, Computer
Does Intel hold the edge in antitrust case?
News Dramatic chip-price drops could confound antitrust complaints by New York State, AMD, and the FTC--despite Intel's alleged payments to PC makers
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Cuomo, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., U.S., PC Company, International Data Corp., Chip, FTC, antitrust
AMD responds to details of Intel's antitrust violations
News Chipmaker AMD has predicts that other cases against Intel will take place, starting with its civil suit.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PC Company, Attorney General, FTC, New York, antitrust, PC
Google adds details to Book Search privacy policy
News Privacy advocates had criticized Google's Book Search settlement as incomplete regarding its privacy policy, and Google has responded with additional commitments.
Tags: Data Management, FTC, Settlement, New York, credit card company, blog, credit card, Data Management
Report: U.S FTC to go after blogger freebies
News U.S. Federal Trade Commission plans to start keeping tabs both on bloggers accepting products for free and on companies giving them away, AP reports.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Blogger, Acer Inc., gift certificate, Compensation, Amazon MP3, FTC, Amazon.com Inc., Associated Press
Privacy activist asks US regulators to halt Google apps
News Electronic Privacy Information Center wants Federal Trade Commission to pull the plug on Google cloud-computing services until government-mandated "safeguards are verifiably established."
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., Privacy Activist, Cloud Computing, FTC, EPIC, Regulator, Privacy Advocacy Group, Marc Rotenberg, Google Apps
US regulator questions cloud computing security
News U.S. federal and international regulators have suggested they may have to re-examine privacy and security standards to take into account cloud computing.
Tags: Data security, Security, Google Inc., European Union, Cloud Computing, FTC, Regulator, Marc Rotenberg, Washington, data protection
EMC ups Data Domain bid as NetApp deal proceeds
News Even as NetApp receives clearance from U.S. authorities to buy Data Domain for US$1.9 billion, rival EMC ups stakes to US$2.1 billion.
Tags: Storage software, Storage, Acquisitions, Domain, non-GAAP, EMC Corp., GAAP, FTC, amortization, Storage software
US regulator eyes Apple-Google board relationship
News Apple and Google share two board members, a cozy relationship that has reportedly prompted the Federal Trade Commission to take a closer look at the antitrust implications.
Tags: Antitrust, Apple Inc., Google Inc., FTC, CEO, board meeting, Eric Schmidt, Antitrust, board, Google Book Search
Spam reduced following Pricewert shutdown
News Botnets appear to have suffered a big blow with the shutdown of Pricewert, resulting in the reduction of spam activities by 15 percent globally.
Tags: Spam and phishing, MessageLabs Ltd., Spam, Spammer, FTC, Internet Service, Anti-spam, Internet User, Symantec Corp., Internet Service Provider
Financial fraud hits 7.5 percent of US adults
News Many victims of financial fraud don't report the crime to authorities and few of the criminals are prosecuted, according to a new Gartner study.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security, Victim, Fraud, Survey, Identity Theft, FTC, Gartner Inc., financial health
Google's PR campaign
News The search giant hopes to counter charges of monopoly abuse with a charm offensive.
Tags: Public relations, Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., FTC, Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc.
Protecting yourself from vishing attacks
News First there was phishing and now there is vishing. Here's an FAQ for consumers to learn more about the latest scam techniques that uses your phone.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Cellular phones, Phishing, Phone Number, PBX, Attack, FTC, phone, e-mail, network
