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Microsoft illegally collected and retained children’s data, says FTC

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Categories: Personal

Tags: Microsoft

Tags: Xbox

Tags: privacy

Tags: children

Tags: COPPA

Tags: FTC

Tags: fine

Tags: settlement

Tags: games console

Tags: gaming

Tags: video games

Microsoft is counting the cost of privacy violations, with $20m in fines related to illegal data collection from children’s Xbox accounts.

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FTC tackles tech support scams by chasing payment processor firms

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Tags: ftc

Tags: tech support scam

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We take a look at a story involving the FTC going head to head with a payment processor caught up in tech support scam allegations.

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Data broker sued for allegedly selling individuals’ sensitive location data

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Categories: News

Categories: Privacy

Tags: Kochava

Tags: FTC

Tags: sensitive locations

Tags: data broker

The FTC has filed a complaint against data broker Kochava for selling sensitive location data.

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Twitter security under scrutiny after former executive turns whistleblower

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Tags: Twitter

Tags: Zatko

Tags: Mudge

Tags: L0pht

Tags: Cult of the dead cow

Tags: Infrastructure

Tags: bots

Tags: Elon Musk

Tags: FTC

Tags: SEC

Tags: whistleblower

Former Twitter head of security and ethical hacker Peiter Mudge Zatko has alleged some serious problems about the social media giant.

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To settle with the DoJ, Uber must confess to a cover-up. And it did.

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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:44:16 +0000

The 2016 Uber data breach affected the personal information of 57 million people. And then the company covered it all up.

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The FTC will go after companies misusing location, health, and other sensitive data

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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:55:11 +0000

The FTC will keep an eye on companies that mishandle and misuse data to protect reproductive healthcare data in post-Roe America.

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LGBTQ+ community targeted by extortionists who threaten to publish nudes

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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:15:24 +0000

The FTC has issued a warning to the LGBTQ+ community about extortionists posing as potential romantic partners on Grindr and Feeld.

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5 ways to avoid being catfished

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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Before dining over catfish this National Catfish Day, remember another catfish that’s also captured the public’s attention.

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