A federal court judge in New Jersey on Wednesday agreed to allow the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other organizations to seek the dismissal of a closely watched data breach lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against ...
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US-based drug store chain Walgreens has agreed to reimburse a monetary penalty of $80m to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to settle the charges of violating federal regulations governing the distribution of prescription ...
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Luxury plug-in hybrid car company Fisker Automotive is facing a US lawsuit after laying off 160 workers at the end of last week. Industry journal Automotive News reports that a federal lawsuit has been filed against Fisker, accusing the ...
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The maker of the Path social networking app will pay a $800,000 civil penalty to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected personal information from children without parental consent, the agency said Friday. ...
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The operator of the Path social networking app has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived users by collecting personal information from their mobile device address books without their knowledge and consent. The ...
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Google will pay a historic fine to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it bypassed privacy settings and used cookies to track Apple Safari users who visited Google's DoubleClick ad network. The $22.5 million civil penalty is the ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to pay a record US$17.35 million($16.49 million)fine for failing to report a safety defect to the US federal government"in a timely manner"without admitting to any violation of its obligations under the ...
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Google will pay a historic fine to settle U.S. government charges that it violated privacy laws when it tracked via cookies users of Apple's Safari browser. The US$22.5 million civil penalty is the largest ever secured by the U.S. Federal ...
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