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Facebook ordered by judge to turn over records on how the company handles data privacy
•Facebook may be imposed with a record-setting fine for its privacy lapses
•FTC is considering hitting Facebook with a penalty that would top its previous fine of $22.5 mn.
US trade regulator presses Facebook to explain personal user data sharing with Cambridge Analytica
•The FTC investigation is looking at more than whether Facebook violated a 2011 consent order it reached with the FTC over its privacy practices
CES 2015: Internet of Things is great but don't forget user privacy, says FTC chief
Fp Archives •The "Internet of Things," will collect a vast trove of user information that represents "a deeply personal and startlingly complete picture of each of us", said FTC chief Edith Ramirez.
Qualcomm sees more China trouble, faces probes in US, Europe
Fp Archives •After FB and Google, you will now be tracked by Twitter
Fp Archives •Twitter's new advertising feature allows marketers to use cookies - small files planted in Web surfers' computers that contain bits of information about which sites they have visited or where they are logging in from - to display highly targeted Twitter ads.
After FB and Google, you will now be tracked by Twitter
Fp Archives •Twitter's new advertising feature allows marketers to use cookies - small files planted in Web surfers' computers that contain bits of information about which sites they have visited or where they are logging in from - to display highly targeted Twitter ads.
US regulator tells Web search firms to label ads better
Fptechno •U.S. regulators warned leading Internet firms including Google Inc. to better identify paid ads in search results, particularly as new technology such as mobile services and voice-based online services become more common...
US FTC conducting preliminary inquiry into Google's Waze acquisition
Fp Archives •Antitrust regulators are conducting a preliminary inquiry into Google Inc's recent acquisition of online mapping service Waze, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
US FTC conducting preliminary inquiry into Google's Waze acquisition
Fp Archives •Antitrust regulators are conducting a preliminary inquiry into Google Inc's recent acquisition of online mapping service Waze, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.