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FTC Fair Information Practice Principles are the result of the commission's inquiry into the way in which online entities collect and use personal information and safeguards to assure that practice is fair and provides adequate information privacy protection. [2]
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) was passed in 1978 to give consumers rights and the ability to maintain accurate information when dealing with debt collection. Under the act, any consumer information regarding debt is protected. [ 16 ]
In 1998, the FTC released a report in which it undertook a comprehensive review of commercial websites’ disclosures of their privacy practices and laid out the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs). The report concluded that, “[a]s evidenced by the Commission’s survey results, and despite the Commission’s three-year privacy ...
The 129-page report found that several social media and video streaming platforms carried out practices… FTC says social networks’ data privacy, safety policies are ‘woefully inadequate ...
The Federal Trade Commission has ordered information from eight companies that the agency says offer products and services that use personal data to set prices based on a shopper’s individual ...
Microsoft has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $20 million for collecting personal information on Xbox players younger than 13 and not properly informing parents.
Although, section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. § 45) grants the FTC power to investigate and prevent deceptive trade practices, this decision came as a surprise to a number of legal observers. SMHC probably thought it was doing everything legally required to use its application to collect detailed information on consumers.
Lyft allegedly continued its advertising practices even after the FTC informed the company that its earnings claims were unlawful in October 2021, according to the complaint.