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RSS FTCRed Flags Rule: The FTC Regulation and Solutions to Prevent Identity Theft
White Paper The Red Flags Rule was developed pursuant to the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act of 2003. Under the Rule, financial institutions and creditors with covered accounts must have identity theft prevention programs to... [13 Nov 2009]
HIPAA and Beyond: An Update on Healthcare Security Regulations for Email
White Paper Judging from both the HITECH Act included in the stimulus bill and the FTC's multi-million dollar penalty against CVS, this much is clear: the U.S.federal government has gotten serious about enforcing HIPAA security... [12 Nov 2009]
Managing Identity Theft Risk in Software: The Need for Software Risk Analysis
White Paper It allows companies to set and enforce strict requirements for software security controls, including those found by the FTC to be lacking among the major companies that were breached in 2005. Ounce Labs offers... [12 Nov 2009]
Google Books beefs up privacy policy after criticism
News To provide all users with a clear understanding of our practices, and in response to helpful comments about needing to be clearer about the Books product from the FTC and others, we wanted to highlight key provisions of... [04 Sep 2009]
Apple loses Google boss as Schmidt steps down from board
News In May, Google confirmed that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was planning to hold discussions concerning potential conflicts of interest related to Schmidt's presence on both companies' boards of directors. [04 Aug 2009]
Red Flags Rules - FTC Regulations and Your Responsibilities to Prevent Identity Theft
White Paper Identity Theft is on the rise, and the government has taken notice. As of May 1st, the Federal Trade Commission, the federal bank regulatory agencies, and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) have issued regulations (the Red... [01 Jul 2009]
Minority Report: Apple, Google closer than ever?
Comment The recent FTC investigation stems from legislation - Section 8 of the 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act - which prohibits a person's presence on the board of two rival companies if competition between the two would be reduced... [26 May 2009]
Call to increase online data protection for teens
News This filing is to help the FTC recognise they must ensure children and adolescents' privacy is protected in the age of Facebook and MySpace. According to a copy of the letter seen by silicon.com sister site CNET News.com... [10 Apr 2008]
Do proposed guidelines for online ads cut the mustard?
News The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has proposed new privacy guidelines related to online advertising that offer weaker consumer notice and choice requirements than the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants. [25 Feb 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! to face FTC probe over ad buys
News The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly wants to take a look at a few online advertising acquisitions, not just Google's planned deal to acquire DoubleClick. Microsoft confirmed it has been notified by the... [15 Jun 2007]
Snatched laptop puts 40,000 at risk of ID fraud
News ID fraud continues to top the complaints reported to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Such complaints, which include credit card fraud, bank fraud, as well as phone and utilities fraud, accounted for 36 per cent of... [10 Apr 2007]
Fresh data leak scare at US university
News Identity fraud continues to top the complaints reported to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Such complaints, which include credit card fraud, bank fraud, as well as phone and utilities fraud, accounted for 36 per... [05 Apr 2007]
Competition probe hits Qualcomm
News The offices of Qualcomm Korea were raided in April of last year, when the FTC investigated business dealings between the company and three others - LG Electronics, Pantech Curitel and Samsung. Qualcomm is to be... [02 Jan 2007]
Anti-spyware groups target bogus music search site
News However, it is hoping the FTC can determine who is behind the site and where they are located, a representative for StopBadware said. The representative said: "The FTC has had success in working with... [07 Dec 2006]
Adware company hit with $3m fine
News Adware company Zango has been fined $3m by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the methods it has employed to download adware onto users' computers. The adware distributor agreed to settle with the... [07 Nov 2006]
