Videos

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…

Jonathan 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…

Witnesses 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…

The 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…

A 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…

Panelists 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…

The 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…

Participants 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…

The 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,…

Subcommittee members heard testimony from representatives of telephone companies and billing companies regarding telephone billing fraud.

Following prepared remarks about consumer fraud, the participants took questions from journalists. The two associations released a report highlighting the most frequently complained-about pr…