AGBeat » FTC http://agbeat.com News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:21:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Facebook settles with FTC over privacy violation charges, agrees to 20 years of audits http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/facebook-settles-with-ftc-over-privacy-violation-charges-agrees-to-20-years-of-audits/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/facebook-settles-with-ftc-over-privacy-violation-charges-agrees-to-20-years-of-audits/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:30:10 +0000 Marti Trewe http://agbeat.com/?p=53635 Facebook settles with the FTC In 2008, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged Facebook for violating users’ privacy and today, a settlement agreement has finally been reached wherein Facebook will be required to undergo audits and periodical assessments of its privacy practices for the next 20 years. The FTC claimed that Facebook told users their information would be private and [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-news-events/facebook-controversy-may-lead-to-ftc-probe-not-so-fricitonless-after-all/feed/ 16 Information Overload – What’s Going On in the Short Sale World? http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/information-overload-%e2%80%93-what%e2%80%99s-going-on-in-the-short-sale-world/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/information-overload-%e2%80%93-what%e2%80%99s-going-on-in-the-short-sale-world/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:00:17 +0000 Melissa Zavala http://agentgenius.com/?p=46044 Latest Short Sale News A couple of pretty exciting things happened in the short sale world over the last few days. For one, the FTC issued a statement saying that they will not enforce the MARS ruling against Realtors® and Brokers engaged in short sales. And, in the state of California, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 458 into law (extending [...]
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]]> http://agbeat.com/real-estate-coaching-tutorials/coaching/information-overload-%e2%80%93-what%e2%80%99s-going-on-in-the-short-sale-world/feed/ 20 Realcomp II Reduced Competition- Harmed Consumers http://agbeat.com/real-estate-news-events/michigan-realtors-realcomp-ii-reduced-competition-harmed-consumers/ http://agbeat.com/real-estate-news-events/michigan-realtors-realcomp-ii-reduced-competition-harmed-consumers/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:42:24 +0000 Benn Rosales http://agentgenius.com/?p=19061 … Says an FTC Ruling. In a 4-0 ruling today, the FTC says Realcomp II acted to restrict consumers access to discounted listings through it’s websites, thus harming competition. In its opinion announced today, the Commission found that “the practices at issue improperly limit consumers’ access to information about the availability of these lower-priced alternatives,” and . . . concluded [...]
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