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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 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 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
FTC Mulling Next-Gen Tech, Policy Three days of hearings open to consider future Internet regulatory challenges.  |
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 January 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
180solutions Spyware Practice Far From Perfect The Center for Democracy & Technology Monday accused 180solutions, one of the world's largest developers of Internet advertising software, of "deliberately and repeatedly" engaging in illegal and deceptive spyware practices.  |
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 March 20, 2006 Roy Mark |
Big Ads Add to Adware, Spyware Major Internet advertisers are financing - sometimes unwittingly - the spread of potentially harmful adware and spyware, according to a new Center for Democracy and Technology finger pointing report.  |
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 January 8, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Zango Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Facebook Adware Flap Online media firm Zango is firing back after a highly publicized security warning charged it with illicitly spreading adware through a rapidly spreading Facebook widget.  |
InternetNews November 13, 2006 Roy Mark |
Court Shutters Spyware Operation FTC claims millions of unwanted and unsolicited software downloaded without user permission.  |
InternetNews March 15, 2007 Roy Mark |
A Charming Third Time For Anti-Spyware Bill? House panel backs Spy Act again despite two rejections from Senate. H.R. 964 would require an opt-in, notice and consent regime for adware or spyware that collects personally identifiable information from consumers.  |
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 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 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 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 January 30, 2007 Ed Sutherland |
Travel Companies, Cingular Settle Adware Case Three online advertisers have to pony up $100,000 and promise to stop using controversial adware as part of a settlement with New York State's Attorney General.  |
InternetNews July 11, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
Beware, MySpace Video Enthusiasts Adware company Zango does not tolerate partners who post content on MySpace or other social-networking sites.  |
InternetNews January 4, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Facebook's 'Secret Crush' is a Malware App Now operating under a new name, the first documented adware widget continues to ricochet across Facebook.  |
Search Engine Watch July 17, 2001 Danny Sullivan |
Consumer Group Asks FTC To Investigate Search Ads Is it deceptive advertising to include paid listings in your search results and not clearly label them as ads? A group backed by consumer advocate Ralph Nader believes so, and it's asking the US Federal Trade Commission to take action against seven major search companies...  |
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 November 22, 2006 Roy Mark |
Spyware Operators Settles With FTC Two notorious spyware operators settled charges Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission.  |
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 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 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 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 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.  |
InternetNews July 22, 2010 |
FTC, Intel Talks Stretched Two More Weeks The deadline for Intel and the FTC to come to a settlement is tomorrow, but since they aren't ready to settle or go to court, it seems, the two sides have extended the deadline by two weeks.  |
InternetNews August 10, 2004 Roy Mark |
FTC Settles with Pop-up Ad Operators Scheme involved exploiting Windows Messenger Service to barrage consumers with ads.  |
Information Today July 8, 2002 Richard W. Wiggins |
FTC Warns Search Engine Companies Responding to a 2001 accusation by a consumer watchdog group that search engine companies engaged in deceptive advertising by failing to clearly label favorable links on hit lists, the Federal Trade Commission sent a letter to seven companies suggesting that they alter their behavior.  |
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 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 October 5, 2005 Roy Mark |
FTC Targets Spyware Operation Lawsuit claims Odysseus Marketing includes secret spyware and adware with its P2P downloads.  |
PC World November 2005 Tynan & Spring |
The Hidden Money Trail Those programs that pelt you with ads and bog down your PC are financed by some of America's largest companies.  |
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 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 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.  |
PC Magazine May 31, 2006 Robert Lemos |
A Future Without Adware? Prosecutors and consumer advocates are on the attack against adware. Is a future without deceptive ad software attainable?  |
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 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 15, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
FTC to Investigate Microsoft, Yahoo Ad Buys The FTC is conducting a review of Microsoft's $6 billion bid for aQuantive.  |
InternetNews May 29, 2007 Roy Mark |
Google-DoubleClick Merger Up For FTC Review The Federal Trade Commission plans to investigate any antitrust implications of Google's proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of online advertising firm DoubleClick.  |
InternetNews December 28, 2009 |
Groups Call on FTC to Block Google's AdMob Deal Consumer groups warn $750 million buy would extend Google's dominance into the mobile sector.  |
InternetNews June 8, 2005 Roy Mark |
Bad Actors Safe Under Spyware Legislation? Congress should do less, rather than more, when it comes to federal anti-spyware bills.  |
InternetNews October 12, 2005 Roy Mark |
FTC Freezes Internet Kiosk Businesses Two Florida companies cited by agency for misrepresenting income and location claims.  |
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 April 11, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Groups Spar Over Behavioral Web Ads FTC gets an earful in response to its proposal for self-regulatory behavioral ad targeting.  |
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 April 1, 2005 Roy Mark |
Diet Patch Spammers Settle With FTC Court rejects their claim that only affiliate marketers should be held responsible.  |
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Douglas MacMillan |
The FTC Takes on the Spam Dispensers The FTC's David Vladeck is fighting Twitter, Facebook, and other Web titans to hunt spammers, spyware, and identity thieves.  |
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.  |