Williams-Sonoma to Pay $3.2M for Violating FTC’s ‘Made in USA’ Order April 30, 2024 Home products retailer Williams-Sonoma will have to pay almost $3.2 million for violating a Federal Trade Commission “Made in USA”...
FTC Sends $5.6M to Ring Customers as Part of Privacy Settlement April 29, 2024 By Wyatte Grantham-Philips The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with...
Federal Trade Commission Reports Nationwide Fraud Losses Topped $10B in 2023 February 12, 2024 Consumers reported losing more than $10 billion to fraud in 2023, marking the first time that fraud losses have reached...
FTC Fines Experian Unit for Spamming Consumers August 16, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel A unit of the Experia credit reporting bureau agreed to pay a $650,000 civil fine to settle U.S. Federal Trade...
Viewpoint: AI Investigations and Claims Gather Pace in the United States August 15, 2023 By Hans Allnutt and Astrid Hardy Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT have been in the headlines since 2022, with many users (including children) using the...
Amazon to Pay $31 Million in Privacy Violation Penalties for Alexa Voice Assistant and Ring Camera June 2, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) – Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it...
Twitter Leak Exposes 235 Million Email Addresses from Hack January 9, 2023 By Barbara Ortutay Personal emails linked to 235 million Twitter accounts hacked some time ago have been exposed according to Israeli security researcher...
Walmart Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit by FTC over Money Transfers August 31, 2022 By Anne D'Innocenzio NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart filed a motion on Monday to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that accuses the...
FTC Looking at Rules to Corral Tech Firms’ Data Collection August 15, 2022 By Marcy Gordon WASHINGTON (AP) — Whether it’s the fitness tracker on your wrist, the “smart” home appliances in your house or the...
Twitter to Pay $150M Penalty over Privacy of Users’ Data May 27, 2022 By Marcy Gordon WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations...