Facebook Faces a Big Penalty, but Regulators Are Split Over How Big
Facebook’s announcement in late April that it had set aside $3 billion to $5 billion to settle claims that it […]
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FTC chair suggests record fines are coming
For a few weeks now, rumors have circled Washington that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is negotiating a potentially record-breaking […]
Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by FTC Over Privacy Issues
Facebook said on Wednesday that it expected to be fined up to $5 billion by the Federal Trade Commission for […]
Content Groups Warn FTC Over ‘Troubling’ Application of EU Privacy Law
The FTC is reviewing privacy regulations and has been holding a series of hearings, including one scheduled for Tuesday and […]
FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Amendments to Safeguards and Privacy Rules
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment on proposed amendments to two rules that protect the privacy and security of […]
FTC Hits TikTok With Record $5.7 Million Fine Over Children’s Privacy
The company will pay $5.7 million to settle allegations that the social media app formerly known as Musical.ly illegally collected […]
Facebook Is about to Get a Massive Fine. It Probably Won’t Change Anything
The U.S. government will hit Facebook with a record-breaking multibillion-dollar fine over privacy violations. Yet experts warn that despite the […]
Facebook faces multibillion FTC fine over Cambridge Analytica privacy breach
The fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal could be about to cost Facebook dear, with reports the social network is […]
Facebook’s Privacy Lapses May Result in Record Fine
Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations that breached […]
Facebook Data Scandals Stoke Criticism That a Privacy Watchdog Too Rarely Bites
Lawmakers, consumer advocates and even former commission officials were clamoring for tough action against Facebook, arguing that it had violated […]
Why the FTC is Taking a New Look at Facebook Privacy
After a yearlong string of news reports that have called Facebook’s data-sharing practices into question, federal regulators are taking a […]
US Draft Bill Imposes Steep Penalties and Expands FTC’s Authority to Regulate Privacy
On November 1, 2018, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released a draft bill, the Consumer Data Protection Act , that seeks […]