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FTC commissioner: Rules coming on Web privacy

FTC commissioner: Rules coming on Web privacywht not pay usa % for our personal inf. Its our info not some company who is set up to track "our" browseing habits. Isn't this the same as stealing our personal info & selling it illegially? Billions are being made off our personal...

Tags: E-mail, FTC Commissioner, Web-privacy, FTC

Discussion threads 2007-11-02

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EU slams Intel with record $1.45 billion fine

The EU slammed Intel with the biggest antitrust fine in history -- $1.45 billion, the LA Times reported. "Intel did not compete fairly, frustrating innovation and reducing consumer welfare in the process," Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Competition Policy, said at a Brussels news conference announcing...

Tags: Intel Corp., Corporate Law, Strategy, Leadership, Semiconductors, Processors, Business Operations, Management, Hardware, Components, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Judge freezes assets of massive spam ring

The Federal Trade Commission won a huge antispam victory in court yesterday, with a federal courts in Chicago's order to freeze the assets of a botnet spam group generally known as HerbalKing. The group used botnets to spread its poison around the globe. Just one botnet...

Tags: Asset, FTC, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-15

FTC: Google-DoubleClick deal a go; One dissenter; Privacy principles floated

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it won't block Google's $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick. The vote was 4 to 1 to close the 8 month investigation. According to the FTC's statement: “After carefully reviewing the evidence, we have concluded that Google’s proposed acquisition of DoubleClick is unlikely...

Tags: Google Inc., Acquisition, DoubleClick Inc., FTC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-20

FTC commissioner: Rules coming on Web privacy

Welcome words from the FTC on online tracking and behavioral advertising. “People should have dominion over their computers,” FTC commissioner Jon Leibowitz said. “The current ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ in online tracking and profiling has to end.” Speaking at...

Tags: Web, Privacy, FTC, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-01

Amazon makes IT spending cool

Amazon makes IT spending coolWell for Amazon...They can see the value add of improving their IT Infrastructure, since they are an online business. However most companies see IT and it's infrastructure as a cost center, even if they provide a place for customers to buy their products, they routinely wont...

Tags: TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Amazon.com Inc., commons, spectrum, IT-spending

Discussion threads 2007-07-25

FTC moving slowly on spyware and spam

As part of the FTCs budgetary request, the agency trumpeted its pursuit of spyware and spam. But, writes Ars Technica, the FTCs prosecution of online abuses has been anemic. Testimony from FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras revealed that in the last two years, the Commission has taken action...

Tags: Law enforcement, Government technology, Congress

Blog posts 2007-04-11

Apparently crime does pay

The FTC has settled with evil Adware company DirectRevenue for $1.5 million dollars via Internetnews. The outrageous part of this story is that this leaves DirectRevenue about $20 million dollars that it made from infecting computers around the world with their crappy malware, disguised as screensavers, games, and utilities. These...

Tags: Web 2.0, News, Spam

Blog posts 2007-02-19

"Bad idea" jeans

"Bad idea" jeansHardly the first timeBy the way, please note that the US Embassy to Peru tried to do a bit if arm-twisting on Microsoft's behalf a few years back, as did the embassy to Brazil.Someone apparently failed to mention to the Ambassadors that the 19th Century ended a few...

Tags: U.S. Government, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-09-26

FTC threatens public humiliation for spyware advertisers

Since nothing seems to stanch the flow of spyware, FTC Commissioner Jon Leibowitz is proposing an age-old punishment - public humiliation, News.com reports. "I think that could have a beneficial effect," Leibowitz said. "In this context, maybe shaming a company on how they are spending money might inure to the...

Tags: advertiser, adware, FTC

Blog posts 2006-02-10

Bummer. No announcement from FTC

Deborah Platt Majoras, FTC commissioner, today announced in her opening address at an anti-spyware workshop hosted by the ASC that they are going to host another series of hearings on Spyware this fall.Big let down. There were rumors circulating that the FTC was going to announce a major prosecution at...

Tags: FTC

Blog posts 2006-02-09

The remedy for spyware...not anytime soon

Lydia Parnes, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, kicked off the CNET Antispyware Workshop saying that in defining spyware “it all depends.” And, a year after the FTC held a spyware workshop, the spyware and adware companies and their anti counterparts are still battling...

Tags: adware, spyware

Blog posts 2005-05-03

Why IT policy won't change under Powell replacement

I've been researching the public statements of several candidates foroutgoing FCC Commissioner Michael Powell's seat. As a result, I'm highly confident that no telecommunications policy changes will take effect if any of the people likely to be nominated are confirmed.Before I get into the specifics, let's do a candidate roll...

Tags: VoIP

Blog posts 2005-01-21