Latest Federal Trade Commission Stories
Relationship brings new technologically advanced solutions for mobile applications and push notification technologies to help companies comply with rapidly changing COPPA regulations. Westport, CT (PRWEB) July 12, 2012 ChildGuardOnline, an innovative technological method for verifying parental consent and Xtify, the leading provider of mobile engagement technology for mobile application publishers, announced a partnership that will offer added protection to mobile apps directed toward...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online It happens every time: Just as you sit down to dinner, your table stocked full of delicious, steaming goodness ready to nourish your family, the phone starts to chime. This has become so common that by now, we all know exactly who is on the other line and choose to simply let it ring. After all, if we were interested in a new diet pill, or a new mortgage, or a new long-distance service provider, we’d probably go looking for one...
PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has received a request for additional information from the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") in connection with Watson's pending acquisition of Actavis Group. The information request was issued under notification requirements of the Hart.Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended ("HSR Act"). The effect...
AVAC Lays out Priorities to Ensure Access NEW YORK, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Publication of data from three trials of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV - including the pivotal Partners PrEP trial - today in the New England Journal of Medicine provides strong evidence that HIV-negative men and women who consistently take a daily antiretroviral (ARV) pill (either TDF/FTC, brand name Truvada, or TDF, brand name Viread) can significantly reduce their risk of HIV...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Fresh off a record-setting $22.5 million fine from the American FTC, Google now has to wait until September before hearing their fate from a European regulator. Though France’s Commission Nationale de l'Informatique (or CNIL) had originally expected to have made a decision about Google’s privacy policies in June, the data protection watchdog group now says they’ll have to wait until the fall. Google had taken a new approach to...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federal Trade Commission reportedly plans to fine Google $22.5 million for hacking around privacy settings on iPhones and iPads that use Apple's Safari browser. Consumer Watchdog praised the Commission today for its expected strong action defending consumer privacy. Consumer Watchdog had filed a complaint in February with the FTC after Stanford Researcher Jonathan Mayer revealed what Google was doing. "Google hacked...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal published a piece called “Google’s iPhone Tracking.” In it, the Journal discussed how Google, as well as other advertisers, had bypassed the privacy settings on millions of iPhones, all without the user’s permission or knowledge. Today, the Journal is reporting that Google and the FTC are nearing a deal to settle charges related to this specific privacy scandal. According to the...
Material Difference from Linen Acknowledged and Unique Product Labeling Allowed for Merchandising VICTORIA, BC and PORTLAND, OR, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - The Federal Trade Commission has issued a staff opinion that Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. ("NAT" or the "Company") (TSXV: NAT) (OTCBB: NADVF), which produces and markets CRAiLAR® Flax Fiber, will merchandise products with a generic "flax" designation on content labels, rather than linen, lending further definition to...
Credit Card Data of Hundreds of Thousands of Consumers Compromised, Millions of Dollars Lost to Fraud WASHINGTON, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federal Trade Commission filed suit against global hospitality company Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and three of its subsidiaries for alleged data security failures that led to three data breaches at Wyndham hotels in less than two years. The FTC alleges that these failures led to fraudulent charges on consumers' accounts,...
In observance of Men's Health Month, LawyersandSettlements.com reports on consumer fraud lawsuits filed as a result of alleged false advertising directed at health-conscious men. While Propecia lawsuits alleging high-grade prostate cancer in addition to Propecia sexual dysfunction, are ongoing, the FTC has ruled that POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice health claims regarding the prostate are unsubstantiated. Santa Cruz, CA (PRWEB) June 22, 2012 Since last year's FDA announcement...
