As surprising as it might sound, victims of the Equifax data breach from back in 2017 still haven’t received their share of the $700 million Equifax settlement with the FTC yet. Be that >>
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FTC may seek injunction to prevent Facebook from merging chat features across Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp
The FTC may seek an injunction in order to prevent Facebook from tightly integrating features across its suite of messaging services. The potential injunction, The Wall Street Journal notes, arises out of fear >>
Leaked Facebook emails might prove Zuckerberg knew about questionable privacy practices
Facebook is under investigation due to policies related to user privacy. Shocking, right? And this time around, things aren’t looking very good for the company, which is already willing to settle the matter >>
Facebook could be fined up to $5 billion by the FTC due to privacy violations
Facebook has been dealing with one privacy-related scandal after another for more than a year now, a reality that’s about to present the social networking company with a seriously heavy financial penalty. The >>
The FTC may be coming after video game loot boxes
During a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing this week, New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan grilled commissioners from the Federal Trade Commission about video game loot boxes — about how prevalent they are as well >>
Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have 30 days to kill warranty stickers or the government will sue
Last month, the FTC said in a statement that warranty-void-if-removed stickers, which are endemic on all sorts of electronic devices, are basically worthless and also kinda illegal. That’s good news for customers, but >>
Judge fines Apple for withholding evidence in Qualcomm case
Apple and Qualcomm are embroiled in an incredibly complex legal fight right now. They’re accusing each other of various patent infringements, but the primary battle is about royalties for the smartphone chips that >>
Uber just got absolutely nailed by the FTC, agrees to audits for the next 20 years
Everyone new startup dreams of being the next Uber, but for the company itself the road has hardly been easy. The company grew incredibly rapidly but regularly trips over its own feet, and >>
