Snapchat promised users that the photos they send would “disappear forever” — a promise that turned out not to be true. The FTC responded with a 20 year consent decree. Read more »
Some major acquisitions jolted the mobile industry in the first quarter of 2014, underscoring some important trends. Meanwhile, turbulence plagues the mobile-gaming industry and Dish is ramping up speculation about its… Read more »
In an unusual letter, the FTC warned Facebook to respect existing privacy commitments by WhatsApp, the messaging service it acquired in February. Read more »
What happens if you install secret tracking software on the phones of tens of millions of people and sell their location to advertisers? Not much, if a new FTC order is… Read more »
Daniel Kaufman, the deputy director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, took to the stage at Structure:Data 2014 to explain the challenges faced by the agency in this age of… Read more »
The FTC announced it is taking action against companies that failed to comply with treaty rules for storing EU customer data. The move comes at a sensitive time for the cloud… Read more »
Did your kids rack up a bunch of app purchases on Apple devices without your knowledge? You may be eligible for a refund as a result of a new FTC settlement. Read more »
The FCC’s Open Internet Order was always a kluge — a mishmash of ideas and justifications, inconsistently applied, that never hung together as a coherent regulatory regime. Read more »
We may think we’re used to the potential harms of sharing too much data on social networks, but what happens when passive data collection from sensors can be shared –sometimes without… Read more »