Tag: Federal Trade Commission
West Warwick company charged with falsely claiming to be an SBA...
WEST WARWICK – The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against Ponte Investments LLC, alleging that the company has falsely claimed to be...
FTC returns $480K in refunds to Rhode Islanders in 2019
PROVIDENCE – The Federal Trade Commission returned $480,015 in refund checks to Rhode Island consumers in 2019, the commission said Thursday.
The FTC said that...
Equifax agrees to pay $700M to settle U.S. breach probe
WASHINGTON – Equifax Inc. agreed to pay up to $700 million to resolve U.S. federal and state investigations into the 2017 hack that compromised...
Five Questions With: David N. Cicilline
A need for more accountability and government regulation in the tech space is an area in which Rep. David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., has taken...
FTC: No challenge for Partners, CNE merger
NEW YORK —The Federal Trade Commission is not opposing the merger of Partners HealthCare of Massachusetts and Care New England, the commission confirmed today.
Betsy...
Optometrists, vision-test app makers don’t see eye to eye
Local optometrists are arguing for “standard of care” regulation of online vision tests for corrective lens prescription renewals, rules branded protectionist by manufacturers, pitting...
Privacy Shield certification ‘adequate’ method for cross-border data transfer
Editor’s note: The is the second of a two-part series. Click here to read the first part.
The Privacy Shield self-certification program was approved by...
Report: R.I. residents received over 59M robocalls in 2017
PROVIDENCE – Feel like you are getting more phone calls lately where you answer, there’s a pause and a prerecorded message starts delivering a...
Cigna to draw antitrust scrutiny amid health care deal wave
NEW YORK – Cigna Corp.’s proposed deal for Express Scripts Holding Co. faces a drawn-out merger review as the Trump administration’s antitrust enforcers weigh the competitive...
Leaving a trace at work with your biometric data
Biometrics measure an individual’s unique physical characteristics, creating a digital trail of the person’s monitored activities in the workplace. Traditional employment tools of time...
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