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  1. 4 hours ago

    FTC staff opinion with respect to Doylestown Health Physicians:

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  2. 7 hours ago

    FTC fines Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank for repeatedly violating antitrust laws:

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  3. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    3. We must be clear eyed about the variety of threats that surveillance businesses pose. The will be vigilant in its data security and privacy enforcement and will seek to vigorously protect the public from these dangers.

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  4. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    2. The ban prohibits the company and its CEO from having any involvement in the surveillance business in the future. It also orders the company to disgorge all of the ill-gotten personal data it pilfered and to notify device owners.

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  5. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    1. Yesterday imposed its first surveillance ban on SpyFone and its CEO for secretly spying on people’s phones and physical activities, selling this real-time surveillance to stalkers and abusers, and exposing devices to hackers.

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  6. 9 hours ago

    ICYMI: FTC bans SpyFone and CEO from surveillance business and orders company to delete all secretly stolen data:

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  7. Sep 1

    The FTC also alleged that SpyFone failed to put in place basic security measures, which allowed a hacker to obtain some customer data.

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  8. Sep 1

    The FTC alleged that the stalkerware app company and its CEO Scott Zuckerman secretly harvested and shared data on people’s physical movements, phone use, and online activities through a hidden device hack.

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  9. Sep 1

    FTC bans SpyFone and CEO from surveillance business and orders company to delete all secretly stolen data:

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  10. Aug 31

    FTC sends refund checks to people targeted in computer financing scheme:

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  11. Aug 26

    ICYMI

    The FTC has extended until 9/30/21 the deadline to submit a comment on contract terms that may be harmful to fair competition. More details here:
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  12. Retweeted
    Aug 25

    If you don’t know a number in your caller ID display, it could be a scammer using to find live lines. If you’re not sure who’s calling, don’t pick up. Watch this video for to avoid spoofing scams:

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  13. Aug 25

    The FTC has extended until 9/30/21 the deadline to submit a comment on contract terms that may be harmful to fair competition. More details here:

    10 replies 43 retweets 69 likes
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  14. Aug 24

    Telemarketer fees to access the FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry to increase in 2022:

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  15. Retweeted
    Aug 24

    Be cautious when sharing personal information. If you believe you have been the target or victim of a scam, please report it to the HHS-OIG Hotline at 1-800-447-8477. Learn more about consumer alerts: .

    HHS-OIG Consumer Alerts
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  16. Aug 23

    Reminder! Don’t buy fake COVID-19 vaccine cards or negative test results. Here’s why:

    17 replies 29 retweets 47 likes
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  17. Aug 23

    WARNING! Email from FTC Chair Lina Khan about Coronavirus money is fake:

    6 replies 29 retweets 24 likes
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  18. Aug 20

    Don’t buy fake COVID-19 vaccine cards or negative test results. Here’s why:

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  19. Aug 20

    ICYMI

    FTC alleges Facebook resorted to illegal buy-or-bury scheme to crush competition after string of failed attempts to innovate:
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  20. Aug 19

    WARNING: Email from FTC Chair Lina Khan about Coronavirus money is fake:

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