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    Dec 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Federal Trade Commission to data brokers: Show us your data

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Data brokers who collect vast amounts of information on Americans will be the ones turning over information this time.
    SAN FRANCISCO -- Data brokers who collect vast amounts of information on Americans will be the ones turning over information this time. The Federal Trade Commission has ordered nine data brokerage companies to tell the agency how they harvest and use...

    Tags: Marketing, Consumers, Security, Joe Barton, Crime, Law and Justice

  2. Jan 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Google Maps is not blocking Windows Phone, Google says

    Google is denying reports online Friday that say the company started blocking Windows Phone users from accessing Google Maps amid tension in its relationship with Microsoft.
    Google is denying reports online Friday that say the company started blocking Windows Phone users from accessing Google Maps amid tension in its relationship with Microsoft. Nothing has changed with the Google Maps service, the company told The Times....

    Tags: Networking, YouTube, Antitrust Issues, Companies and Corporations, Google Inc.

  4. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Google strikes deal with FTC to end antitrust probe

    Google reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to make voluntary changes to its search practices to put an end to a 19-month antitrust probe, the FTC announced Thursday.
    Google reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to make voluntary changes to its search practices to put an end to a 19-month antitrust probe, the FTC announced Thursday. Google also has settled an investigation into its handling of mobile...

    Tags: European Union, Antitrust Issues, Telecommunication Service, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Google Inc.

  6. Dec 12, 2012 |Column| Allentown Morning Call
  7. Apps can secretly collect data on your kids

    My middle-school-age son has his face glued to his iPod Touch and I have no idea what games he's playing or what else he's doing with it. I know that's costing me points in the parenting scorebook, but that's just the way life is for us, and I'm...

    Tags: New Products, Google Play, Apple iTunes, Business, Apple iPod

  8. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. FTC on closing Google antitrust probe: 'The facts were not there'

    Google scored a major victory Thursday when the Federal Trade Commission announced it was ending its 19-month antitrust probe into the technology giant's search business.
    Google scored a major victory Thursday when the Federal Trade Commission announced it was ending its 19-month antitrust probe into the technology giant's search business. And that left FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz to explain why federal officials were not...

    Tags: Clarence Thomas, Advertising, Antitrust Issues, Google Inc., Microsoft Corporation

  10. Jan 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. Microsoft criticizes Google's proposed settlement with FTC

    For two years, Microsoft Corp. has urged antitrust regulators to crack down on arch rival Google Inc.
    For two years, Microsoft Corp. has urged antitrust regulators to crack down on arch rival Google Inc. Now that the Federal Trade Commission is poised to allow Google to emerge from the antitrust probe without having to make major changes, Microsoft is...

    Tags: Steve Ballmer, Anti Trust Crime, Antitrust Issues, Corporate Crime, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks

  12. Jan 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. The FTC's Google ruling: a qualified free pass

    The end of the Federal Trade Commission's 19-month investigation into Google was a win for the search giant, but only a partial victory for those who want clear limits on the commission's role in policing competition. The only binding action that...

    Tags: Judges, Marketing, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Anti Trust Crime

  14. Dec 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. FTC: Most mobile apps for kids secretly collect and share information

    SAN FRANCISCO -- A study from the Federal Trade Commission has found that most mobile apps for kids are secretly collecting information from children including device IDs, phone numbers, locations, and other private information without their parents' knowledge or consent.
    SAN FRANCISCO -- A study from the Federal Trade Commission has found that most mobile apps for kids are secretly collecting information from children including device IDs, phone numbers, locations, and other private information without their parents'...

    Tags: Online Media Industry, Google Play, Security, Google Inc.

  16. Dec 5, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  17. Online ad firm agrees to stop 'history sniffing' in Web browsers

    A digital advertising company agreed Wednesday to end its practice of “history sniffing,” the practice of secretly tracking Internet users’ activity through their Web browsers. Epic Marketplace Inc. and a subsidiary were able to...

    Tags: Security, Online Advertising

  18. Dec 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Parents want more online protections for kids, privacy groups say

    Parents object to the collecting of personal information from kids under 13 when they are online and using mobile devices, according to a new survey conducted by two privacy groups ahead of a vote from federal regulators on whether to strengthen privacy rules that protect children.
    Parents object to the collecting of personal information from kids under 13 when they are online and using mobile devices, according to a new survey conducted by two privacy groups ahead of a vote from federal regulators on whether to strengthen privacy...

    Tags: Marketing, Online Media Industry, Security, Social Media, Advertising

  20. Dec 3, 2012 |Column| Hartford Courant
  21. Kevin Hunt: Guess What New Britain Woman Got For $299 Mortgage Audit?

    The Hartford Courant
    Unsolicited letters, email and telephone calls are almost always best left unanswered. Let them go and they'll never amount to more than a nuisance. Answer one, as Mari Merwin of New Britain did, and you're asking for trouble. Merwin's troubles...

    Tags: Lawyers, Marketing, Consumers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice

  22. Dec 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  23. More health, less sugar and spending in food advertising to kids

    Marketers selling food to children and teens spent 20% less in 2009 than they did in 2006 and are making "modest nutritional improvements" to the products they promote, according to a new government report.
    Marketers selling food to children and teens spent 20% less in 2009 than they did in 2006 and are making "modest nutritional improvements" to the products they promote, according to a new government report. Advertisers shelled out nearly $1.8 billion to...

    Tags: Olive Garden, Consumers, Marketing, Security, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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