From the FTC: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) is an independent U.S. law enforcement agency charged with protecting consumers and enhancing competition across broad sectors of the economy. The FTC’s primary legal authority comes from the Federal Trade Commission Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive practices in the marketplace. The FTC also has…
Category: Breaches
IRS Admits Leaking Personal Information In Prop 8 Debate
Bruce Carroll writes: In all of this past week’s flurry IRS news: Lois Lerner and other IRS’ officials hard drives crashing, emails showing Lerner targeted Sen. Chuck Grassley, and the IRS Commissioner telling Congress they’ve done nothing wrong — some news got lost in the shuffle. The IRS did do something very wrong, admitted it and paid a significant fine…
Carrier IQ Can’t Pause Privacy Lawsuit
Wendy Davis reports: A judge has rejected an attempt by Carrier IQ and a group of phone manufacturers to delay proceedings in a privacy lawsuit. U.S. District Court Judge Chen in the Northern District of California said in a written ruling that he was “not convinced” that allowing the case to proceed would cause “irreparable…
UK: Andy Coulson guilty over phone hacking as Rebekah Brooks walks free
Lisa O’Carroll reports: David Cameron’s former communications chief Andy Coulson is facing jail after being found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones while he was was editing the News of the World. However, Rebekah Brooks, his predecessor in the job walked free from the Old Bailey after she was cleared of all four the charges…