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FTC: “Nonprofit” crammed $70M in bogus charges on phone bills

suburbandollar A shady outfit billed phone customers for more than $70 million in unauthorized charges and then transferred much of the revenue to a "purported nonprofit," the Federal Trade Commission alleged in a...

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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 Net News No Comments

Patent trolls and those who hate them square off at the FTC

One of the entrances to the conference room at the FTC? L'imaGiraphe (en travaux) The one branch of the government that seems to have shown some concern about the phenomenon of so-called "patent...

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Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Alleged scammers impersonate FTC, promise "refunds" to victims

The nice-looking people in this stock image would very much like to help you process a refund. Credisure The lengths to which scammers go to take money from consumers knows no bounds. In...

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Monday, December 3rd, 2012 Net News No Comments

New data on privacy policies shows 20 percent of sites may sell data

PrivacyChoice For most people, privacy policies are the boring fine print in a website you may visit. They're nearly always written in legalese, unintelligible to the average person, and on top of that...

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Friday, November 30th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Google May Skirt Antitrust Allegations Made by FTC

Google may skirt antitrust allegations as FTC is unsure if they can prove consumers are hurt by the way the company ranks its search results. For the past two years, the FTC has been scrutinizing...

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Monday, November 26th, 2012 Net News No Comments
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