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InternetNews September 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
Spyware Operation Fined $2M A spyware operation that promised protection from viruses and spam but instead installed malware agreed today to pay a $2 million fine to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges of false and deceptive practices.  |
InternetNews February 16, 2007 Roy Mark |
DirectRevenue to Pay Back 'Spyware' Gains Adware distributor DirectRevenue today settled Federal Trade Commission charges of unfair and deceptive trade practices of installing unwanted and unsolicited spyware unto consumers' computers.  |
InternetNews November 11, 2005 Roy Mark |
L.A. Court Shuts Down Spyware Op The Federal Trade Commission seeks a permanent injunction and victim restitution for Los Angeles-based spyware scheme.  |
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.  |
InternetNews May 4, 2006 Roy Mark |
Spyware Hustler Hit With $4M Penalty Justice was finally downloaded Thursday on Sanford Wallace, a notorious spammer of the 1990s who moved on to illegal spyware operations that installed adware, spyware and other unsolicited software programs on users' computers.  |
InternetNews January 4, 2005 Roy Mark |
FTC Wins Round Against 'Spyware' King Deal with trade commission prevents Sanford Wallace from distributing or publishing spyware code until federal case is settled.  |
InternetNews October 5, 2005 Roy Mark |
FTC Targets Spyware Operation Lawsuit claims Odysseus Marketing includes secret spyware and adware with its P2P downloads.  |
InternetNews April 1, 2005 Roy Mark |
Diet Patch Spammers Settle With FTC Court rejects their claim that only affiliate marketers should be held responsible.  |
InternetNews November 21, 2006 Roy Mark |
Group Raises Zango's FTC Commitment Issues A new complaint filed with the FTC claims Zango issued a misleading statement.  |
InternetNews October 8, 2004 Roy Mark |
FTC Pursues Former Spam King in Court The Federal Trade Commission filed its first spyware case Thursday against the man once known as the undisputed king of spam and the various companies he controls.  |
InternetNews January 5, 2006 Roy Mark |
Bogus Spyware Vendors Settle FTC Charges The Federal Trade Commission slaps almost $2 million in fines on firms selling software that did not remove spyware as advertised.  |
InternetNews October 21, 2005 Roy Mark |
P2P Outfit in False Ad Pinch The Federal Trade Commission won a temporary court order earlier this week to rein in the advertising practices of an Internet operation claiming "file-sharing is 100 percent legal."  |
InternetNews January 12, 2005 Roy Mark |
Feds Hit Porn E-Mail Ring With Can Spam Law Armed with new rules to supplement the Can Spam Act, the Federal Trade Commission has won a court order to temporarily halt a pornography-related spam ring that stretches from Las Vegas to Latvia.  |
InternetNews February 21, 2007 Roy Mark |
FTC Tags Site Again for Deceptive Ads Consumerinfo.com pays $300,000 to settle charges for deceptive advertising practices. This follows a $950,000 fine a year ago.  |
InternetNews October 12, 2005 Roy Mark |
FTC Freezes Internet Kiosk Businesses Two Florida companies cited by agency for misrepresenting income and location claims.  |
InternetNews June 5, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
FTC Shutters 'Rogue' ISP, Settles Spyware Case The Federal Trade Commission has put the kibosh on an ISP it says was a front for overseas criminals, and settled its complaint against Sears' use of tracking software.  |
InternetNews September 14, 2006 Roy Mark |
'Lonely Housewives' Reach FTC Settlement A spam scam promising dates with lonely, if not quite desperate, housewives is among the latest unsolicited bulk e-mail schemes halted today by the Federal Trade Commission.  |
InternetNews August 15, 2006 Clint Boulton |
FTC, AG Sue to Stuff Alleged Pop-up Scheme The Federal Trade Commission and the Washington state Attorney General have sued to halt an operation that barrages consumers with pop-up advertising and demands money to make the pop-ups cease.  |
InternetNews November 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
FTC Mulling Next-Gen Tech, Policy Three days of hearings open to consider future Internet regulatory challenges.  |
InternetNews August 4, 2005 Roy Mark |
Settlement in the Air at Time Warner The media giant set aside $3 billion to settle class action suits with shareholders upset about the merger with AOL. Hours later, the FTC announced that a subsidiary of AOL settled charges for not disclosing the true nature of bundled adware.  |
InternetNews August 16, 2005 Roy Mark |
Site Settles Deceptive Credit Report Claims FTC imposes a $950,000 fine and requires consumer restitution from Consumerinfo.com, which misled consumers with promises of a free credit report.  |
InternetNews March 9, 2007 Roy Mark |
Internet Pretexter Dials Up FTC Settlement Deal bars Information Search from pretexting and selling consumers' personal phone records.  |
InternetNews November 22, 2006 Roy Mark |
Spyware Operators Settles With FTC Two notorious spyware operators settled charges Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission.  |
InternetNews May 25, 2006 Clint Boulton |
File-Sharing Trickster to Pay For Scam A man who duped customers into believing they could download copyrighted MP3 files without violating the law has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his claims were false.  |
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.  |
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 March 4, 2009 Alex Goldman |
FTC Warns of Stimulus Scams Online Fraudsters take to the Web, enticing victims with a share of the U.S.'s massive stimulus package.  |
InternetNews January 3, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
The Sneaky Side of Sears? Security researchers call out Sears on Spyware tactics.  |
InternetNews June 17, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Twilight for the Phishermen The FTC puts two Internet scamsters out of business.  |
InternetNews March 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
FTC Slaps Spammer With Record Fine The Federal Trade Commission Thursday hit Internet marketer Jumpstart Technologies with a $900,000 civil fine for violating the CAN-SPAM Act, the largest penalty to date for a violation of the two-year-old law.  |
InternetNews January 9, 2004 Roy Mark |
FTC Wins Judgment Against Net Auction Scammers Court bars two Chicago area residents from participating in Web auctions and orders more than $90,000 in consumer redress.  |
InternetNews December 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
Groups Target Another Spyware Operator FastMP3Search.com.ar is the latest alleged spyware operator to get caught in the crosshairs of consumer and advocacy groups.  |
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 August 10, 2004 Roy Mark |
FTC Settles with Pop-up Ad Operators Scheme involved exploiting Windows Messenger Service to barrage consumers with ads.  |
InternetNews October 3, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
FTC Closes Con-Artist Playground Qchex.com, an Internet-based check creation and delivery service, has agreed to a temporary restraining order to halt what the Federal Trade Commission calls unfair business practices.  |
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 January 26, 2005 Roy Mark |
House Renews New Anti-Spyware Push The 109th Congress renewed its efforts to pass a federal anti-spyware bill by targeting the malware menace in the very first meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.  |
InternetNews April 30, 2004 Roy Mark |
Lawmakers Vow Tough Spyware Laws Commerce chairman says consumers are 'outraged' and promises legislative action by end of year.  |
InternetNews May 3, 2006 Roy Mark |
FTC Sues Sites Selling Phone Records Five Internet sites selling confidential phone records became the target of Federal Trade Commission lawsuits Wednesday.  |
InternetNews July 27, 2004 Roy Mark |
Web Scam Operators Go to Prison Florida couple also fined $2.2 million. The case is part of an ongoing campaign by the FTC to identify and halt fraud targeting Spanish-speaking consumers.  |
InternetNews January 11, 2006 Roy Mark |
FTC Wants to Nix Netflix 'Opt-Out' Terms The Federal Trade Commission is opposing a proposed class action settlement agreement between Netflix and consumers, claiming the deal appears to unfairly favor the online movie DVD rental outfit.  |
InternetNews April 19, 2004 Roy Mark |
FTC Urges Industry Solutions to Spyware Officials say better tools and intense consumer education are key to protecting users from invasive programs.  |
InternetNews February 27, 2004 Roy Mark |
Lawmakers Launch New Anti-Spyware Bill Two champions of last year's Can Spam Act have introduced legislation in Congress to outlaw invasive software such as spyware and adware from being secretly installed on computers.  |
Search Engine Watch October 4, 1999 |
FTC Steps In To Stop Spamming There's a new sheriff in town, with the initials FTC. In September, the US Federal Trade Commission made a landmark move in establishing some jurisdiction over search engine results.  |
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Roy Mark |
Senate Panel Approves Anti-Spyware Bill Anti-spyware legislation took a major step forward Wednesday when the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to outlaw spyware that is loaded on a computer without the user's consent.  |
InternetNews May 12, 2005 Roy Mark |
New Bill Targets Spyware Profits U.S. Senator George Allen says the federal government already has authority to prosecute spyware purveyors.  |
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 October 23, 2009 Andy Patrizio |
Intel Could Face FTC Complaint Spurred on by the European Commission findings and fine, US investigators now may issue their own complaint against Intel.  |
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Roy Mark |
Sony BMG Settles FTC DRM Charges Sony BMG Music agreed Tuesday it violated federal law by not telling consumers CDs sold by the company contained digital rights management software that monitored user listening habits to send them marketing messages.  |
InternetNews January 29, 2004 Roy Mark |
FTC Proposes Adult Spam Labels A subject-line requirement for sexually explicit e-mail is the first of several FTC mandates under new Can Spam Act.  |