The FTC has released The National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2011 and it contains some interesting data. Consider this graphic, depicting the number of registrations per year and the number of consumer complaints per year: Inspection of the data indicates that: (1) the number of active registrations continues to rise each…
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Facebook Settles FTC Charges That It Deceived Consumers By Failing To Keep Privacy Promises
From their press release: The social networking service Facebook has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public. The proposed settlement requires Facebook to take several steps to make sure it lives up to…
FTC Announces Agenda, Panelists for Facial Recognition Workshop
Researchers, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and privacy professionals will take part in the upcoming workshop, “Face Facts: A Forum on Facial Recognition Technology” to be held December 8, 2011 at the FTC Conference Center at 601 New Jersey Ave. N.W. in Washington, D.C. The workshop, which is free and open to the public, will focus…
New York Times Writer Loses Bid for FBI Data
Now what did Candidate Obama pledge about transparency? Adam Klasfeld reports: The FBI can shield its terrorism-investigation data from the prying eyes of New York Times investigative journalist Charlie Savage, a federal judge ruled. Savage repeatedly sought FBI data through the Freedom of Information Act for a series of articles exposing how federal authorities vigorously…