{"id":145248,"date":"2020-12-15T09:13:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/?p=304852"},"modified":"2020-12-15T09:13:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T09:13:59","slug":"ftc-probes-big-tech-privacy-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/12\/15\/ftc-probes-big-tech-privacy-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC probes big tech privacy practices"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\tThe US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered Amazon, Facebook, Google and Twitter to divulge details about how they collect and use personal data, as part of a study to inform the regulator\u2019s privacy stance.<\/p>\n

In a joint statement, FTC Commissioners Rohit Chopra, Rebecca Slaughter and Christine Wilson said companies now \u201cfollow users everywhere through apps on their always-present mobile devices\u201d, monitoring where they go, what they do and who they socialise with.<\/p>\n

The Commissioners argued critical questions about how this information is used had gone “unanswered”, with the study to \u201cshed light on the business practices deeply embedded in our digital lives\u201d.<\/p>\n

Information on how companies gather, track, analyse and act on personal and demographic details were sought, along with how they decide which ads and content users see; measure and promote user engagement; and how these practices impact young and teenage children.<\/p>\n

Amazon; ByteDance; messaging app Discord; Facebook and its subsidiary WhatsApp; Reddit; Snap; Twitter; and Google subsidiary YouTube were given 45 days to respond.<\/p>\n

The FTC employed a law allowing it to conduct \u201cwide-ranging studies that do not have a specific law enforcement purpose\u201d to justify its demands.<\/p>\n

Twitter was probed by the FTC [1] earlier this year for allegedly allowing users’ personal information to be used for targeted advertising.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the regulator fined Facebook $5 billion [2] for privacy infringements relating to the Cambridge Analytica data breach, and Google $170 million for breaches of child privacy laws [3] by YouTube.<\/p>\n

[1] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/ftc-adds-to-twitter-woes-with-data-investigation
\n[2] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/facebook-pledges-change-after-5b-ftc-fine
\n[3] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/home-banner\/ftc-hammers-google-over-youtube-child-content-faults<\/p>\n\n

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