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Apple settles with government over kids in-app purchases, whines a little
By Matt Swider published
Virtual currency in-app purchases downloaded by kids are costing Apple real-life money today.

Vint Cerf on privacy: We never really had it to begin with
By Michael Rougeau published
Google's chief internet evangelist said this week that privacy (or our sense of it) will increasingly be harder to achieve.

Facebook reviewing feedback before updating controversial privacy policy
By Michael Rougeau published
Facebook maintains the proposed changes only a matter of clarification, but consumer watchdogs sing a different tune.

FTC to search engines: don't make ads look like search results
By Matt Swider published
Have trouble telling organic search results from paid search results? So do the people at the FTC, and they're on the case.

Rest easy, Microsoft: US imports of the Xbox 360 won't stop
By Michelle Fitzsimmons published
ITC says popular console doesn't violate Motorola patents, news that may irk a reportedly freshly scrutinized Google.

Path hit with FTC fine, finds itself in a geotag muck up
By Matt Swider published
Just as Path settles one set of privacy violations with the federal agency, another in location data exploit is discovered.

From Apple to app devs, feds urge privacy action
By Luke Brown published
A new list of privacy recommendations for the mobile marketplace released by the FTC actually contains some good ideas.

FTC chairman resigns after 4 years of online privacy, Google battles
By JR Bookwalter published
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, whose last big investigation put the probe on Google, is heading to the private sector.
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