Data Breaches and Cyber Threats
Technology experts talked about recent data challenges with Equifax and Facebook. They also discussed how corporations were dealing with the fallout from security breaches and best practices…
200 viewsTechnology experts talked about recent data challenges with Equifax and Facebook. They also discussed how corporations were dealing with the fallout from security breaches and best practices…
200 viewsJonathan Mayer outlined tracking of Internet users by third-party Web trackers, focusing on a Stanford University study on the various ways people are tracked unknowingly online. After his s…
480 viewsWitnesses examined the feasibility of establishing a mechanism that provides Internet users a simple and universal method to opt-out from having their online activity tracked by data-gatheri…
460 viewsThe Federal Trade Commission held a forum on technology, consumer privacy and the benefits and the risks associated with information sharing. Panelists included people from business, academi…
339 viewsA panel moderated by Mr. Swire discussed the upcoming Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hearings on consumer protection, the internet, and globalization. The panelists discussed consumer and in…
54 viewsPanelists at this Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation symposium talked about the use of the Internet and digital technology in identity theft and consumer fraud. Among the topics they addr…
182 viewsThe Federal Trade Commission hosted a forum on Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail. Panelists talked about International unsolicited e-mail known as “spam,” and about various approaches taken by c…
121 viewsParticipants talked about the problem of unsolicited electronic mail, known as SPAM. Among the issues they addressed were the growth of commercial messages, creating new e-mail systems to fi…
57 viewsThe Federal Trade Commission held this press conference to address efforts to curb Internet auction fraud. Their plan included increased training for law enforcement officers and webmasters,…
71 viewsSubcommittee members heard testimony from representatives of telephone companies and billing companies regarding telephone billing fraud.
49 viewsFollowing prepared remarks about consumer fraud, the participants took questions from journalists. The two associations released a report highlighting the most frequently complained-about pr…
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