Tag: The Federal Trade Commission
FTC Seeks Changes to COPPA Rule
October 12th, 2011, No Comments
The Federal Trade Commission is proposing changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, which of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, COPPA, or commissioned. The COPPA Rule regulates the information that Web sites ask visitors under the age of 13 can, and the agency sought public comment on the proposed changes. The proposed amendments [...]
FTC Seeks Changes to COPPA Rule
September 19th, 2011, No Comments
The Federal Trade Commission is proposing changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, which of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, COPPA, or commissioned. The COPPA Rule regulates the information that Web sites ask visitors under the age of 13 can, and the agency sought public comment on the proposed changes. The proposed amendments [...]
Google hires 12 lobby firms in wake of FTC probe (Reuters)
July 2nd, 2011, No Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Google Inc., the giant Internet search against a broad antitrust investigation of business practices, has hired 12 lobbying firms, a spokesman said Friday. The Federal Trade Commission, which investigates violations of antitrust law, which is planned to investigate complaints that Google's search results for other services of the company, among other topics. [...]
FTC prepping Google probe: report (Reuters)
May 1st, 2011, No Comments
The man working on the Google logo at the exhibition booth at CeBIT in Hannover computer NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Trade Commission warns high-tech companies to collect data prior to a probe of the dominance of Google Inc. in Web search area, Bloomberg reported Friday. The report, citing three people familiar with the [...]
FTC, Justice Dept mull Google antitrust probe (Reuters)
April 6th, 2011, No Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. antitrust regulators may investigate Google Inc’s dominance of the Web search industry, and will settle on the agency to launch a probe once scrutiny into the company’s plan to buy ITA software is done, a source told Reuters on Tuesday. The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department will decide [...]
