The FTC settlement with Google concerned the wording of some of their privacy disclosures.
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But the FTC is a relatively small agency and they can only bring so many cases.
Media outlets are likely to get their backs up if the FTC presses too hard.
Quite the reverse, in fact: In 12 months, the FTC has only publicly announced two investigations.
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The closer FTC got to actually acting, the more evident this became, it seems.
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Two months later, FTC issued a Civil Investigative Demand to Watson and subpoenaed its general counsel.
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The FTC didn't have recent figures on the number of complaints from consumers about mobile cramming.
The FTC footnoted the approach in its 122-page paper on online privacy this winter.
If the FTC is indeed investigating Twitter, they are likely to find this case pretty boring.
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So yesterday, FTC Chairman Timothy Muris appealed for help from the media that run the ads.
The FTC gets exercised over weight-loss claims, while Coke wants consumers to do more heavy lifting.
In addition, in May, the FTC hired prominent litigator Beth Wilkinson to help lead the investigation.
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Given that, the renewed FTC attention to green marketing guidelines is probably a good idea.
Update : After the press conference, the FTC issued a release on the settlement.
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An FTC spokeswoman declined to comment on whether it was conducting a formal investigation.
Additionally, the FTC handed out a non-monetary prize to Google for a robo challenge achievement award.
Manne thinks there could be a much bigger consequence if the FTC actually files suit.
The FTC, at least four of the commissioners, he said, are very concerned about search.
The foregoing are examples used by FTC to illustrate the need for a privacy law.
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Over the last decade, the FTC has brought over 100 spam and spyware cases.
How is that anti-competitive, or for that matter, as the FTC and The Times allege, anti-consumer?
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That FTC settlement required Antares to provide five references in my county of residence.
If the FTC really wants to help consumers, it needs to close the Google investigation.
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The FTC has thus far refused to make a comparable move with contact lenses.
The FTC's scrutiny follows a series of antitrust investigations of Intel's chip business around the world.
"The lack of enforcement on the FTC's part has been very troubling, " McCall says.
The FTC offered several theories for why people with low scores get in more accidents.
The FTC is trying to decide how the government should be regulating this.
This is far from the first time EPIC has asked the FTC to investigate Facebook.
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"As one who is facing an FTC issue, I will refrain from comment, " Barrett said.
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