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Amazon may face penalties from potential FTC ad suit, Bloomberg News reportsThe FTC has a possible complaint against Amazon as part of an ongoing probe, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. ...- HC ruling on Google keyword ads likely to reshape e-advertisingA Delhi High Court ruling has stopped Google from auctioning trademarked names as ad keywords. This decision impacts how companies advertis...
- FTC to send $47 million back to renters — see who qualifies for paymentsThe Federal Trade Commission is distributing over 400,000 checks totaling $47.2 million. This settlement is against Invitation Homes, a maj...
- US Stocks: Walmart shares drop after FTC says co agrees to pay $100 million to settle deceptive earnings chargesWalmart will pay $100 million to settle FTC charges that it misled customers and drivers regarding earnings in its Spark Driver program. Th...
- US Supreme Court lets Trump remove FTC member, for nowThe Supreme Court sided with Donald Trump, allowing him to fire a Federal Trade Commission member. This reversed a judge's order protecting...
- Amazon violated online shopper protection law, judge rules ahead of Prime signup trialA US judge ruled Amazon violated consumer protection law. The violation was about gathering Prime subscribers' billing data before revealin...
- Musk-led cuts drive US consumer protection agency to ask for Amazon trial delayThe FTC requested a trial delay in its Amazon Prime lawsuit, citing severe resource shortages due to Trump-era cuts. Amazon denies wrongdoi...
- Avast to pay $16.5 million to antivirus software users: How to claim, deadline, and other detailsAvast will compensate $16.5 million to antivirus users following an FTC settlement for misleading customers on privacy claims. Avast's subs...
- Donald Trump says he'll name Andrew Ferguson head of FTC and Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to GreecePresident-elect Trump announced several key appointments, including Andrew Ferguson as FTC chair, replacing Lina Khan. He also nominated Ki...
- Fortnite and Epic Games customers set to get $245 million. Here's when, why, and how muchThe FTC is issuing $245 million in refunds to Fortnite players and other Epic Games customers due to deceptive billing practices. Over 629,...
- Uber faces FTC consumer protection probe over subscriptionsThe US Federal Trade Commission is investigating Uber. The probe concerns Uber One subscription signup and cancellation processes. Millions...
- DOJ, FTC push to investigate Microsoft's OpenAI partnership: reportMicrosoft's tie-up with the ChatGPT maker has raised antitrust scrutiny after the US software giant committed to invest over $10 billion in...
- Microsoft to pay $20 million to settle US charges for violating children's privacyThe company had been charged with violating the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from...
- Microsoft to pay $20 million to settle US charges for violating children's privacyThe company had been charged with violating the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information fr...
- Amazon charged with privacy violations over Alexa and Ring camerasThe Federal Trade Commission voted to file charges in two separate cases Wednesday that could also force the company to delete certain data...
- Game of ThornsTo prevent ostensibly large businesses from getting any larger, government officials are clamping down on mergers and acquisitions with unp...
- GoodRx leaked user health data to Facebook and Google, FTC saysFrom 2017 to 2020, GoodRx uploaded the contact information of users who had bought certain medications, like birth control or erectile dysf...
- Twitter executives could face big FTC fines: former officialsFormer officials differed on whether that settlement put Twitter executives directly in legal peril if the company failed to honor the agre...
- InMobi to pay $950,000 fine to settle FTC charges for tracking location of consumers without consentFTC in a statement noted that under the actual terms of the settlement, InMobi is subject to a $4 million penalty but the agency suspended ...
- Callers from India bilked millions from American citizens: USConsumers received millions of collection calls from India, and that since January 2010 the operation took in more than USD five million fr...
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