From the FTC: The Federal Trade Commission has closed the book on a data broker operation that the agency alleges got personal information from people who thought they were applying for payday loans online, and sold it to a scam that tapped consumers’ bank accounts and credit cards without their consent. A stipulated order against Jason…
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Hints of a Narrowing of the FTC’s Section 5 Authority Under a Trump Presidency
Helen P. O’Reilly and Michael F. Buchanan of Patterson Belknap write: The transition of power from President Barack Obama to President-Elect Donald Trump is underway. Although President-Elect Trump did not lay out specific policy prescriptions about data privacy or consumer protection during his candidacy, his recent choice of Dr. Joshua D. Wright to lead transition…
TSA proposes to require ID to fly
From Papers, Please! Reversing its longstanding official position that no law or regulation requires air travelers to possess or show any ID credentials, the TSA has given notice of a new administrative requirement for all airline passengers: In order to be allowed to pass through checkpoints operated by the TSA or TSA contractors, air travelers will be required to…
US judge orders FBI, CIA to disclose Occupy surveillance
AP reports: A federal judge has ordered the FBI and other federal agencies to turn over any potential evidence they spied on Occupy Philadelphia protesters. The FBI, CIA and National Security Agency have 60 days to comply with the order from Senior U.S. District Judge Berle Schiller. Lawyer Paul Hetznecker wants to know if the…