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Facebook and the FTC Announce A Deal, For Now

John Battelle's Searchblog

The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook have come to terms on consumer privacy, an issue the FTC formally raised in an eight-count complaint earlier this year. Facebook claimed that when users deactivated or deleted their accounts, their photos and videos would be inaccessible. and the European Union. .

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FTC Releases Report on Facial Recognition Technology

Hunton Privacy

On October 22, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission released a report entitled “ Facing Facts: Best Practices for Common Uses of Facial Recognition Technologies.” In a third case study, a social networking website uses facial recognition technology to help its users “tag” photos of their friends.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Surviving Stalkerware

ForAllSecure

The Federal Trade Commission in the United States, banned an app called SpyPhone, and its CEO Scott Zuckerman, from operating in the surveillance industry. Things like tagging, others, they seem like a great idea at the time but later, maybe not so. But what if the feeling that someone was watching you was persistent.