You know those stickers that cover pieces of your electronics reading "warranty void if removed"? They're total BS and the FTC is warning companies about them.
As written in its formal complaint to the FTC, the Electronic Privacy and Information Center (EPIC) is requesting the agency discover how Google's tool connects online browsing with in-store shopping, which the search giant has kept secret.
The FTC has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm due to claims of anti-competitive business strategies, while Samsung and Intel have joined the battle to hopefully open the door for more competition in the future.
The FTC has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm over anti-competitive behavior and Judge Koh will be presiding over it. The judge has scheduled the case to begin in a couple of years on January 4th, 2019.
Qualcomm is looking to get a recent FTC lawsuit dismissed which claims the company uses "anticompetitive behavior" in order to maintain its market dominance. This comes after being fined $850 million in December and almost $1 billion in February for similar practices.
Uber has been in a bit of trouble with the FTC because they were exaggerating the amount of money their drivers were earning. To settle this investigation, Uber has agreed to pay a $20 million fine.
Qualcomm has been facing a number of lawsuits lately in a few countries, and now they're being sued by the FTC. The FTC claims Qualcomm's business practices are anti-competitive due to their monopolistic tactics around its baseband processor business.
Google has changed its user privacy policies which gives the company the ability to "build profiles of people as they browse the Web and use Google services".
AT&T was caught adding unauthorized charges to the bill of their mobile customers. The FTC has now announced that AT&T be refunding about $31 (on average) to 2.5 million AT&T customers.
The Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), and Public Citizen are not happy with the way Disney, Google and other digital websites are targeting children with ads and commercials. They have filed a complaint with the FTC and would like for them to...
Wednesday, the FTC filed a complaint to a Singapore-based ad company named InMobi. The complaint said the company was using customers' WiFi signals to collect location data.
Since this data was not known about by the users, and the ad company used this data to deliver geo-targeted ads, this is...
Thanks to some clever social engineering, or maybe just a gullible retail worker, the the FTC’s chief technologist lost control of her phone number because someone impersonated her.
This unknown person walked into a mobile phone store, tricked the employee into thinking they were her, and...
Today, the FCC has announced they are launching an inquiry into how mobile devices are being updated. They have sent in a number of questions to mobile carriers in the United States and have also been in contact with 8 smartphone OEMs.
The FCC mentions Stagefright in their announcement as this...
The kids market is a very lucrative one, but it's also one that can backfire on the company who is marketing products towards kids.
We saw this with Apple as well as Google as both companies were forced to pay millions for said in-app purchases. Now Amazon seems to be on the chopping block as...
Apple and Google had to settle up and pay a fine for not clearly communicating when an app has in-app purchases. This was a big problem for parents whose kids would play a game and make an in-app purchase with little to stop them.
Now Amazon is under the same microscope, and because Amazon...
With the EU formally slapping Google on the wrist for antitrust violations, the FTC seems inspired to do some more digging of their own. The US governing body has reportedly met with Google's partners such as carriers and OEMs to see whether their licensing agreements breach American antitrust...
Silverpush is a piece of tech that lets an app monitor what you're watching on TV. The warning letter was sent to 12 app developers who were using the technology but not informing their users of the data collection.
Since this data collection isn't explained to the user, this violates Section 5...
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