Federal Trade Commission – PossibleThreat Articles

Consent to gather data is a “misguided” solution, study reveals

February 13, 2023 0 Comments americans can’t consent to companies’ use of their data, annenberg school for communication, digital consent, Federal Trade Commission, informed consent, joseph turow, lina m. khan, neil richards, news, paul schwartz, Privacy, robert levine, university of pennsylvania, woodrow hartzog

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There’s a flaw in the notice-of-consent approach, and this is evident in the stark gap in knowledge noted by a recent study by the Annenberg School for Communication in Pennsylvania.

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To settle with the DoJ, Uber must confess to a cover-up. And it did.

July 29, 2022 0 Comments Cybercrime, dara khosrowshahi, Department of Justice, doj, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, joe sullivan, travis kalanick, uber

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:44:16 +0000

The 2016 Uber data breach affected the personal information of 57 million people. And then the company covered it all up.

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The FTC will go after companies misusing location, health, and other sensitive data

July 18, 2022 0 Comments Federal Trade Commission, FTC, my body my data act, Privacy, roe v. wade, sara jacobs

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:55:11 +0000

The FTC will keep an eye on companies that mishandle and misuse data to protect reproductive healthcare data in post-Roe America.

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LGBTQ+ community targeted by extortionists who threaten to publish nudes

June 28, 2022 0 Comments cryptocurrency scam, dating apps, FBI, federal bureau of investigations, Federal Trade Commission, feeld, FTC, grindr, impersonators, investment scam, lgbtq+, lgbtq+ extortion, romance scam, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:15:24 +0000

The FTC has issued a warning to the LGBTQ+ community about extortionists posing as potential romantic partners on Grindr and Feeld.

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5 ways to avoid being catfished

June 25, 2022 0 Comments catfishing, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, money mule, national catfish day, personal, prevent catfishing, prevent romance scams, romance scam

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Before dining over catfish this National Catfish Day, remember another catfish that’s also captured the public’s attention.

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More than a quarter of Americans fell for robocall scam calls in past year

June 1, 2022 0 Comments FCC, Federal Trade Commission, Reports, robocall, scam call, stir/shaken, truecaller

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:37:17 +0000

Robocalls and scam calls have been a longstanding problem. For 2021, the FTC has recorded its highest number of victims yet.

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Twitter fined $150M after using 2FA phone numbers for marketing

May 28, 2022 0 Comments 2fa, Department of Justice, doj, eu-us privacy shield, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Privacy, swiss-us privacy shield, twitter, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 12:27:05 +0000

Twitter is paying the price for using users’ security information for targeted advertising,

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Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data

May 18, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, biometrics, blake hall, cyberscoop, facial recognition, Federal Trade Commission, ftc chair lina khan, id.me, internal revenue service, sen. alex padilla, sen. cory booker, sen. edward markey, sen. ron wyden, The Coming Storm, tonya riley

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 16:55:40 +0000

Some of more tech-savvy Democrats in the U.S. Senate are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate identity-proofing company ID.me for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service, which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me.

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How to avoid being scammed this Valentine’s Day

February 7, 2022 0 Comments bbb, better business bureau, child sexual abuse, e-cards, fake dating sites, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, john wallace, lockdown loneliness, malware, online scam, phishing, romance scam, Scam, scams, sextortion, social media scams, social media shopping, survey scams, valentine's day, valentine's day scams, wymoo

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:06:14 +0000

From romance scams and sextortion, to fake dating sites and phishing campaigns, here’s how to avoid a sting in the tail this Valentine’s Day.

Categories: Scams

Tags: BBB Better Business Bureau child sexual abuse e-cards fake dating sites Federal Trade Commission FTC John Wallace lockdown loneliness malware online scam phishing romance scam scam sextortion social media scams social media shopping survey scams valentine’s day Valentine's Day scams Wymoo

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Senator calls for dedicated US data protection agency

February 17, 2020 0 Comments california consumer protection act, CCPA, consumer online privacy rights act, copra, data protection, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Government security, kirsten gillibrand, Law & order, online privacy, personal data, personally identifiable information, PII, Privacy, selling data

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:55:15 +0000

The US needs a data protection agency of its own, and Kirsten Gillibrand wants to be the one that makes it happen.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mOUsx7W00QI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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