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InternetNews February 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
CardSystems Settles Data Breach Charges CardSystems settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission Thursday over what the FTC characterizes as the largest known compromise of financial data to date.  |
InternetNews January 26, 2006 Roy Mark |
FTC Slaps Record Fine on ChoicePoint Info broker agrees to $15 million in penalties for last year's massive data breach. The company's stock subsequently dropped $3.05 a share to $43.25.  |
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Roy Mark |
Congress Reacts to Breach Onslaught BJ's Wholesale Club settles lax data protection charges while FDIC admits to data breach.  |
InternetNews December 2, 2005 Roy Mark |
DSW Decides FTC Security Shoe Fits The other shoe fell today for DSW, the national footwear discounter that admitted in March that hackers accessed more than three months' worth of customer data.  |
InternetNews December 7, 2006 Roy Mark |
ChoicePoint ID Theft Victims' Day Has Come The Federal Trade Commission notifies out-of-pocket identity theft victims how to tap a $5 million restitution fund.  |
InternetNews October 21, 2009 |
FTC Reprimands ChoicePoint for Latest Data Breach Incident ChoicePoint agreed to pay $275,000 to redress consumers this week after the Federal Trade Commission said it failed to adequately safeguard one of its databases, an oversight that exposed the personal information of 13,750 people in 2008.  |
InternetNews June 20, 2007 Roy Mark |
Getting More Money to ID Theft Victims FTC sends another 2,400 reimbursement forms to consumers victimized by ChoicePoint's 2004 data breach.  |
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Roy Mark |
ID Theft Bill Wends Through Senate The proposed law calls for full disclosure to consumers when sensitive personal data is breached or lost.  |
InternetNews November 16, 2006 Roy Mark |
Guidance Software Settles With FTC Guidance Software agreed Thursday to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the computer forensics specialist did not take reasonable security measures to protect sensitive customer data.  |
InternetNews April 3, 2007 Roy Mark |
FTC Approves Final Guidance Settlement Guidance Software's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission became official today, almost five months after the Pasadena, Calif.-based computer forensics specialist admitted it did not adequately protect customer data.  |
InternetNews June 1, 2007 Roy Mark |
ChoicePoint Settles With 44 States in Data Losses Data broker ChoicePoint agrees to pay $500,000 and to strengthen data protection measures.  |
InternetNews March 30, 2006 Roy Mark |
Data-Breach Disclosure Bill Passes House Panel A House panel approved a bill requiring data brokers to inform consumers of breaches when reasonable risk of ID theft exists.  |
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Roy Mark |
Staggered Start For ChoicePoint Hearing Senate ID theft hearing postponed but Schumer and Corzine promise new privacy legislation.  |
InternetNews May 11, 2006 Roy Mark |
Bush Goes After ID Theft on National Level President Bush signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon creating a national Identity Theft Task Force... FTC circumspect on national data breach disclosure law... Chertoff says interoperability problems are jurisdictional, not technological...  |
InternetNews February 1, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
FTC: Identity Theft, Fraud on the Rise A new report by the FTC finds increases in fraud and identity theft. E-mail and the Web were fraud tools of choice on the Internet.  |
InternetNews June 22, 2006 Clint Boulton |
Two FTC Laptops Stolen The Federal Trade Commission today said two if its attorneys' laptops containing the personal information of 110 people were stolen from a locked vehicle last week.  |
InternetNews February 10, 2006 Roy Mark |
What's Next For The FTC And Net Threats? The Federal Trade Commission plans hearings some time this fall to ponder the next generation of consumer high-tech threats in the virtual marketplace.  |
InternetNews June 27, 2007 Roy Mark |
FTC Report Cautions Against Network Neutrality Laws The FCC concludes that existing laws and market conditions suggest new network discrimination rules are unnecessary.  |
InternetNews December 12, 2006 Roy Mark |
Feds Target Online Business Scams A combined federal-state task force announced Tuesday a law enforcement sweep targeting bogus business opportunities and work-at-home scams, including several Internet operations.  |
InternetNews April 30, 2009 Alex Goldman |
FTC Red Flags Rule Enforcement Starts Friday New rules on the handling of sensitive personal information are designed to prevent identity theft.  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
Your Evil Twin You mean it wasn't you who bought that Rolex and Mercedes last night in Maui? Identity theft is a real concern. Fortunately, there are ways to fight back.  |
InternetNews March 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
House Panel Preps ID Theft Law Republicans and Democrats have reached a compromise on legislation mandating data brokers disclose to consumers certain unencrypted breaches of their personal information.  |
InternetNews July 5, 2005 Roy Mark |
Finance Firms To Give FTC ID Theft Data The financial services industry is pooling its own data on identity theft victims with the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement groups.  |
InternetNews June 24, 2010 |
Twitter Signs Off on FTC's Wrist Slap Twitter has agreed to revamp its security policies and will be subjected to a third-party review of its improved safeguards for the next decade.  |
InternetNews February 19, 2004 Roy Mark |
FTC Fines COPPA Violators Web site operator agrees to pay $400,000 for knowingly collecting personal information from children online without first obtaining parental consent.  |
InternetNews April 19, 2006 Roy Mark |
FTC Calls for International Anti-Spam Efforts The Federal Trade Commission joined 29 other countries today in calling for increased cooperation between nations in combating spam.  |
CIO September 24, 2009 Matt Karlyn et al. |
Identity Theft: 7 Tips for Complying with FTC Red Flag Rules The FTC's Red Flag Rules for reducing fraud due to identity theft take effect on November 1. Here's what you need to do to make sure you comply.  |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2005 Rich Smith |
BJ's vs. the FTC The wholesaler settles its federal case over a credit card breach. The onus is now on BJ's to protect its customers and its investors -- in short, to make sure it doesn't get fooled again.  |
AFP eWire February 19, 2008 |
Charity Fraud Less Than One Percent of All 2007 Complaints While public concerns remain high, charity fraud ranked twentieth on the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) list of complaints in 2007.  |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2005 Rich Smith |
IRS Chooses ChoicePoint The contrite data company makes some moves that weren't welcome by investors, but the IRS took note and awarded ChoicePoint a $20 million contract. Will it be enough to please shareholders?  |
InternetNews May 11, 2005 Roy Mark |
Senate Debating Data Privacy Changes Senate Commerce Committee opens series of hearing on data broker practices.  |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2005 Rich Smith |
No Rest for the Wicked ChoicePoint's breach alone might not have tipped the scales, but if many other businesses are being ransacked as well, and most importantly, if the privacy of actual senators is now at risk, I think it's safe to say that regulation is on its way.  |
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Roy Mark |
Congress Closer to National ID Theft Law Republican lawmakers plan a committee vote on a bill requiring disclosure of both encrypted and unencrypted data breaches. The proposed bill is likely to provoke protest from the technology and financial services industries.  |
CRM September 1, 2006 Petouhoff & Johnson |
How Much Is Your Customers' Trust Worth? With the profitability of data theft, there does not seem to be an end to the crime unless customer data protection becomes job number one. And while no company expects to have a data breach, the cost of preventing one may well be worth the price.  |
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Dean Foust |
Keeping A Grip On Identity How to hold info brokers accountable for security without fouling up commerce.  |
InternetNews February 18, 2005 Tim Gray |
Data Theft Fallout Spreads to 145,000 Data aggregation firm ChoicePoint responds to pressure to let more people know if identity thieves have their data, which may include credit reports, addresses, and social security numbers.  |
Information Today January 14, 2013 George H. Pike |
Google Reaches Settlements With FTC Over Search, Patent Practices On Jan. 3, 2013, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Google reached a series of agreements that closed the FTC's investigation into several of Google's business practices, in return for Google's agreement to modify those practices.  |
InternetNews November 30, 2005 Roy Mark |
FTC Stops Web Broker Business Scheme Two Internet-based companies offering Web brokerage services are the latest to be nabbed in a federal crackdown on illegal business opportunities and work-at-home schemes.  |
InternetNews July 20, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft: CSI for the FTC Redmond crime-stoppers do forensics work to help the FTC charge X-rated spammers.  |
InternetNews March 10, 2005 Tim Gray |
Merchants Unwittingly Disclose Consumer Data CartManager International, a provider of shopping cart software, collected the personal data of nearly one million people and turned around and rented the data without their consent to marketers. The company reached a settlement with the FTC.  |
Registered Rep. August 5, 2003 Will Leitch |
Feds Set Price on DNC List The Federal Trade Commission has set a price for its vaunted "Do-Not-Call" list -- a list of numbers signed up to avoid sales calls from telemarketers and uninvited reps -- and it's a steep one: More than $7,000.  |
PC World November 2005 Alan Stafford |
Privacy in Peril With identity thieves targeting big consumer databases, your data isn't just up for sale -- it could be up for grabs.  |
PC Magazine October 28, 2003 Sebastian Rupley |
Lock 'Em Out Take steps to protect yourself from identity theft.  |
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Jim Wagner |
New Service to Put ID Protection in Your Hands Amid a flurry of data theft issues, Intersections readies an in-depth service to police who's trying to use all your data. This can help you spot identity theft.  |
InternetNews September 24, 2010 |
FTC Issuing Slim Payments to ChoicePoint Victims Following a settlement stemming from the latest breach from data integrator ChoicePoint, the Federal Trade Commission is distributing paltry compensation to the victims.  |
InternetNews August 26, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
How Not to Get 'Phished' The FTC releases a helpful guide to avoid the lure of phishers, who attempt to steal your identity online.  |
InternetNews January 23, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
FTC: Online Fraud Losses Hit $437M Using stolen identities, fake Internet auctions and fraudulent shop-at-home schemes, online swindlers robbed Americans of a whopping $437.5 million in 2003.  |
InternetNews December 13, 2007 |
Groups Ask FTC Chief to Recuse Self in Google Deal Consumer groups say head regulator has ties to a law firm representing DoubleClick.  |
Bank Technology News January 2008 Glen Fest |
ID Theft: Assessing the Impact of An Odd ID Theft Survey The FTC's latest survey seems to prove the difficulty, and maybe futility, of measuring identity theft crime. Will it be used to set back prevention efforts?  |
InternetNews November 3, 2006 Roy Mark |
Zango Settles FTC Adware Charges The controversial adware distributor agrees to pay $3 million and provide consumer consent notices.  |