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FTC, Data Brokers

FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel

The FTC is targeting data brokers that monitored people’s movements during protests and around US military installations. But signs suggest the Trump administration will be far more lenient.

AOL · 27m

FTC settles with data brokers that sold political, pregnancy info

Two consumer data brokers that sold information used to track individuals' religious and political beliefs, pregnancy status and more agreed to stop using data on visits to sensitive locations, the U.

PCMag on MSN · 4h

FTC Bans Two Data Brokers From Selling Users' Location Data

The US regulator is cracking down on Mobilewalla and Gravy Analytics/Venntel for selling the location information for controversial purposes without obtaining user consent.

TechCrunch on MSN · 5h

FTC bans two data brokers from collecting and selling Americans’ sensitive location data

FTC, Microsoft and antitrust

Associated Press · 23h

FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation that Trump administration must carry on or drop

Antitrust enforcers with the Federal Trade Commission have opened a wide-ranging investigation into Microsoft’s business practices, starting off a big legal project that an incoming Trump administration must take up or abandon.

Geekwire on MSN · 1h

Microsoft asks FTC to address alleged information leak amid reported antitrust investigation

But in an email to the FTC inspector general, sent Tuesday and posted publicly on LinkedIn, Microsoft’s deputy general counsel Rima Alaily said that Microsoft has not received a formal legal process from the FTC and that the company learned of the information request from the Bloomberg article.

Inc · 3h

FTC Opens Microsoft Antitrust Inquiry

Antitrust enforcers with the Federal Trade Commission have opened a wide-ranging investigation into Microsoft’s business practices, starting a big legal project that an incoming Trump administration must take up or abandon.

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FTC extends data broker crackdown as Khan’s term nears likely end

First: FTC extends data broker crackdown as Khan’s term nears likely end The Federal Trade Commission unveiled settlements ...

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Kamala Harris Didn’t Defend Lina Khan

Kamala Harris stayed silent during the election as big Democratic donors attacked chief antitrust regulator Lina Khan — at ...

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FTC’s latest case against Microsoft represents Lina Khan’s last swing against Big Tech

The move by Khan, who has less than two months remaining in office before the Trump administration takes over, is one last ...

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US federal agencies FTC & CFPB tamp down on data sharing, ringing a warning bell in adland

Two US government agencies today have taken action to limit the nonconsensual collection, use and sharing of consumers’ ...

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Health Care Giants Sue FTC, Allege Lina Khan Using Loaded Process to Vilify Pharmacy Benefit Managers

CVS, Cigna and UnitedHealth are firing back at the FTC in the wake of an administrative complaint the agency filed in ...

Microsoft FTC probe 'not a complete shocker,' analyst says

Microsoft stock was lagging its tech peers on Friday as investors reacted to news the company is facing a broad inquiry from ...

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Three reasons Lina Khan must go

With his early nominations and personnel appointments, President-elect Donald Trump has made clear his intent to shake up the status quo. Yet Lina Khan, the Biden-appointed sitting chairwoman of the ...

Lina Khan-Headed FTC Approves Probe Into Microsoft's Cloud And AI Practices Amid Antitrust Scrutiny: Report

Microsoft is confronting a federal investigation that could reshape the technology industry's competitive landscape, with ...

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FTC rule change splits Republican commissioners after Trump win

The telemarketing rule expansion is designed to protect seniors from consumer tech sales scams. One commissioner says the ...

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