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FTC sticks a probe into 'surveillance pricing' Big Biz uses to gouge us all

Ever had to shop in incognito mode to avoid paying more? This one's for you

Software23 Jul 2024 | 28

FTC grabs controller as Microsoft jacks up Game Pass price by 81%

This is exactly what we said would happen post-Blizzard merger, laments watchdog, as its appeal continues

Personal Tech20 Jul 2024 | 30

FTC probes IBM’s $6.4B HashiCorp takeover

Cloud biz claims it's full speed ahead – and damn the torpedoes

Software15 Jul 2024 |

Anonymous 'ask me anything' chat app NGL ordered to knock it off targeting kids

Hitting youngsters with faked texts and calling them suckers is a bit of a no-no, watchdog sniffs

Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 9

Feds sue Adobe and execs for stinging subscribers with 'hidden' cancellation fees

Graphic design giant slammed for using graphic design to bury T&Cs

Applications17 Jun 2024 | 24

Best Buy and Geek Squad were most impersonated orgs by scammers in 2023

But criminals posing as Microsoft workers scored the most ill-gotten gains

Security24 May 2024 | 13

Nissan infosec in the spotlight again after breach affecting more than 50K US employees

Infosec in brief PLUS: Connected automakers put on notice; Cisco Talos develops macOS fuzzing technique; Last week's critical vulns

Security20 May 2024 | 2

Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't

Customers to get their light-up cyberpunk respirators refunded

Offbeat30 Apr 2024 | 22

Ring dinged for $5.6M after, among other claims, rogue insider spied on 'pretty girls'

Cash to go out as refunds to punters

Personal Tech25 Apr 2024 | 35

US Chamber of Commerce to sue FTC for banning noncompetes in most jobs

Senior execs making $150K+ will still have to abide by them, but they fall away for everyone else

On-Prem24 Apr 2024 | 43

MGM says FTC can't possibly probe its ransomware downfall – watchdog chief Lina Khan was a guest at the time

What a twist!

Cyber-crime16 Apr 2024 | 19

Senator Warren slams Intuit's 'junk fees' as America's Tax Day rolls around again

Says the IRS can do this stuff for free

Applications15 Apr 2024 | 67

US legislators propose American Privacy Rights Act - and it looks quite good

After two decades of calls for national protections, something may actually happen

Public Sector09 Apr 2024 | 39

No joke: FTC boss goes on the Daily Show and is told Apple tried to block her

Comment Land of the Free has lost its way in quest for profits

Offbeat02 Apr 2024 | 77

Congress votes unanimously to ban brokers selling American data to enemies

At least we can all agree on something

Security21 Mar 2024 | 19

FTC goes undercover to probe suspected antivirus scam, scores $26M settlement

Imagine trying to trick folks into buying $500 of unnecessary repairs – and they turn out to be federal agents

Cyber-crime14 Mar 2024 | 9

Avast shells out $17M to shoo away claims it peddled people's personal data

A name that's commonly shouted by pirates might be a clue, me hearties!

Security23 Feb 2024 | 18

Employees saved Musk from himself over Twitter Files

Unfettered access to non-public info would have violated FTC order

Personal Tech22 Feb 2024 | 35

Amazon hopes to avoid labor regulation by simply abolishing national watchdogs

Our right to exploit workers trumps your right to probe

Public Sector22 Feb 2024 | 37

FTC asks normal folks if they'd like AI impersonation scam protection, too

Fakers face the wrath of Khan

AI + ML16 Feb 2024 | 22

Date set for for epic Amazon-FTC antitrust showdown

Lina Khan may not even be in charge of watchdog by time case gets to trial, if it even goes that far

Personal Tech14 Feb 2024 | 2

Blackbaud settles with FTC after that IT breach exposed millions of people's info

Cloud software slinger admits no guilt, promises better basic security hygiene

Cyber-crime02 Feb 2024 | 6

FTC Tech Summit highlights GPU shortages, concentrations of power

Panel Startups hoping to compete in the industry face an uphill battle

AI + ML26 Jan 2024 |

Uncle Sam will pay for your big ideas to end AI voice-cloning fraud

The advent of generative AI has made the attack far more pervasive

AI + ML05 Jan 2024 | 35

FTC wants to crack down on Big Biz profiting from kids' data

COPPA changes on the horizon. Meta, Amazon and friends must be thrilled

Personal Tech21 Dec 2023 | 6

FTC bans Rite Aid from using AI facial recognition in stores for 5 years

Among the mistakes, an 11-year-old girl was misidentified as a shoplifter and searched

AI + ML20 Dec 2023 | 35

Amazon's practices are 'the essence of competition,' it tells judge

Why would FTC call that antitrust, it asks in dismissal request

Legal11 Dec 2023 | 12

FTC wants Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI under the microscope

Hey Bing, how can I invest billions in a company but not break antitrust laws?

AI + ML11 Dec 2023 | 8

Google submits complaints about Microsoft licensing to UK competition regulator

Now Microsoft has regulator breathing down its neck in three regions

PaaS + IaaS01 Dec 2023 | 7

US watchdog gives itself power to demand documents in AI probes

And offers $25,000 prize to stop voice deepfakes from catching on

AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 2

FTC interrupts Copyright Office probe to flip out over potential AI fraud, abuse

Sir, this is a Wendy's

AI + ML09 Nov 2023 | 22

Amazon's $1.4B price-raising 'Project Nessie' algorithm exposed in FTC antitrust fight

More details emerge from Loch Jassy, including how this may have been anything but a 'scrapped' project

Personal Tech02 Nov 2023 | 16

Finance orgs have 30 days to confess cyber sins under incoming FTC rules

Follows similar efforts from the SEC and DHS in recent months

Cyber-crime31 Oct 2023 |

When Microsoft complains that you're a monopolist you know things are bad

Kettle Google and Amazon are both in antitrust trouble as the US gets tough

Legal09 Oct 2023 | 17

FTC: Please stop falling for social media scams, you've given crooks at least $650M so far this year

Internet considered harmful

Cybersecurity Month07 Oct 2023 | 68

EPIC urges watchdog to probe Grindr's data privacy – or alleged lack thereof

Dating app kept sensitive info even after peeps deleted accounts, complaint claims

Bootnotes05 Oct 2023 | 3

Amazon had secret algorithm to hike prices, claims FTC

Project Nessie named in the antitrust suit, alleging Bezos's bunch pulled in an extra billion-plus

Personal Tech04 Oct 2023 | 32

Amazon accused of being a monopolist in FTC lawsuit

Khan's been waiting for years to file this case - she better hope her aim is good

Software26 Sep 2023 | 20

Epic payout: FTC opens Fortnite settlement claim floodgates

Parents and players alike can now apply for a piece of the $245m pie

Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 3

Uncle Sam names three Amazon execs as Prime suspects in subscription ripoff case

Dark patterns 'knowingly duped millions of consumers'

Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 30

'Millions' of spammy emails with no opt-out? That'll cost you $650K, Experian

Credit-reporting giant disagrees with FTC, will hand over the pocket change to make Feds go away

Cyber-crime22 Aug 2023 | 16

FTC boss Khan shrugs off Microsoft, Meta defeats: 'Losing two is okay'

How quick y'all are to forget Nvidia-Arm

Personal Tech25 Jul 2023 | 4

Watchdog mulls online facial age-verification tech – for kids' parents

COPPA load of this

AI + ML21 Jul 2023 | 16

Feds want to rewrite rules for competition-crushing merger probes

No more embrace-and-extinguish M&As, but budgetary changes may make enforcement harder

Legal20 Jul 2023 | 1

UK greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware takeover

Only obstacle left is the FTC, which is still licking its wounds from other recent antitrust defeats

Virtualization19 Jul 2023 | 2

Feds want to see what ChatGPT's content is made of

That bot ain't ruining people's reputation or trampling their privacy, right? Right?

AI + ML13 Jul 2023 | 14

You're too dumb to use click-to-cancel, Big Biz says with straight face

Making it easy to exit subscriptions will just baffle everyone, FTC told

Personal Tech12 Jul 2023 | 93

Judge shoots down FTC attempt to stall Microsoft-Activision merger

Final update UK may be final stumbling point to Redmond's gaming ambitions

Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 20

Uncle Sam cracks down on faked reviews and bad influencers

Big $50,000 fines for misleading posts... unless it's political, natch

Personal Tech30 Jun 2023 | 21

Amazon Prime too easy to join, too hard to quit, says FTC lawsuit

Updated Dark patterns at Amazon worthy of a Homeric epic? Surely not!

Applications21 Jun 2023 | 70

FTC pulls emergency brake on Microsoft's marriage to Activision Blizzard

Updated Agency concerned the pair are planning to combine before it's able to make a decision whether to allow it

Software13 Jun 2023 | 27

Microsoft cops $20M slap on the wrist for mishandling kids' Xbox data

Pocket change, in other words

Security06 Jun 2023 | 4

Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare IoT security fail you can imagine

Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom? Tick! Obviously shabby infosec? Tick! Training AI as an excuse for data retention? Tick!

Security01 Jun 2023 | 91

Guess who is collecting and sharing abortion-related data?

Basically everyone at this point. But developer Easy Healthcare has promised to stop

Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 27

EU monopoly cops probe complaints about Microsoft Azure

Over in the US, FTC panel on cloud homes in on restrictive software licensing

PaaS + IaaS16 May 2023 | 13

FTC sues VoIP provider over 'billions of illegal robocalls'

XCast knew it was breaking the law and didn't hold back, watchdog says

Cyber-crime16 May 2023 | 39