Tag: Federal Trade Commission

FTC Warns Congress About Use of AI to Combat ‘Online Harms’

By Total Security Advisor Staff Jun 22, 2022 Emerging Issues in Security

Updated: Jun 22, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission issued a report to Congress warning about using artificial intelligence (AI) to combat online problems and urging policymakers to exercise “great caution” about relying on it as a policy solution. The FTC said the use of AI, particularly by big tech platforms and other companies, comes with limitations and problems of its own. […]

FTC: Consumers Lost Over $5.8B to Fraud Last Year, Marking 70% Jump

By Joe Bebon, Editor Feb 23, 2022 Cybersecurity

Updated: Feb 23, 2022

Newly released Federal Trade Commission data shows that American consumers reported losing more than $5.8 billion to fraud in 2021, an increase of more than 70% over the previous year. The FTC received fraud reports from more than 2.8 million consumers last year, with the most commonly reported category once again being imposter scams, followed by online […]

LinkedIn, FTC, Microsoft, Uber and More Talk Data Privacy

By Corey Sipe, Associate Editor Jan 31, 2022 Cybersecurity

Updated: Feb 1, 2022

Speaking on topics that included federal legislation, diversity initiatives, and cookie ghostwriting, several officials from big-name companies and agencies spoke during a conference dubbed “The Data Privacy Balancing Act: A Data Privacy Week 2022 Event,” held virtually on Jan. 26. The day’s activities, which included three hours of sessions, were hosted by the National Cybersecurity […]