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How the FTC Screwed Up the Google Investigation (and Screwed You In the Process)
The FTC's reported closing of its Google search bias investigation, with no real enforceable settlement mechanism, and a special new self-enforcement antitrust precedent apparently only available to...
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Google Pulls Out of Its Motorola Patent Push
Patent wars are still raging in plenty of parts of the tech world, but today there's something of a ceasefire between Google and Microsoft. Google has just filed with the ITC to stop attempts to...
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Following FTC fines, UK iPhone users sue Google for bypassing Safari privacy...
Google agreed to pay a record $22.5 million Federal Trade Commission fine in August following an investigation into whether it bypassed mobile Safari security settings to install tracking cookies...
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FTC recommends Apple, Google, BlackBerry, Microsoft, & app devs improve...
The Federal Trade Commission released a report today that recommends how owners of mobile platforms can better inform consumers about how their data is being handled. The FTC named a number of...
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German court rules Apple sharing customer data violates privacy laws
From Apple’s Privacy Policy Bloomberg reports that the Berlin Regional Court in Germany has told Apple to change its policies for managing customer’s data on its website after ruling that Apple’s terms...
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The F.T.C. Is (Finally) Going After Patent Trolls
Well, look who finally showed up to the patent party! The Federal Trade Commission announced on Friday that it has opened an inquiry into "patent assertion entities," a.k.a. patent trolls. Start...
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