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InfoTrax Systems, L.C.

InfoTrax, L.C. settled Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company failed to put in place reasonable security safeguards, allowing a hacker to access the personal information of more than a million consumers.

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

January 6, 2020

FTC Matter/File Number

162 3130

Case Status

Pending

Press Release

FTC Challenges Consummated Merger of Companies that Market Body-Worn Camera Systems to Large Metropolitan Police Departments

Date

January 3, 2020

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an administrative complaint challenging Axon Enterprise, Inc.’s consummated acquisition of its body-worn camera systems competitor VieVu, LLC. Before the...

Press Release

Statement of Gail Levine, Deputy Director of FTC Bureau of Competition, Regarding the Announcement that Illumina Inc. has Abandoned Its Proposed Acquisition of Pacific Biosciences of California

Date

January 2, 2020

Following today’s announcement that the parties are abandoning their proposed merger, Gail Levine, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition, made this statement: “This deal threatened to let a...

Press Release

FTC Challenges Illumina’s Proposed Acquisition of PacBio

Date

December 17, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission has authorized an action to block Illumina Inc.’s proposed $1.2 billion acquisition of Pacific Biosciences of California (PacBio). The Commission alleges in an...

Advocacy Filings

Federal Trade Commission's Statement of Public Interest

Date

December 11, 2019

Matter Number

P859910

The Federal Trade Commission filed a statement of public interest in connection with the International Trade Commission's investigation of certain memory modules and the components thereof, ITC...

Federal Trade Commission's Statement of Public Interest (8.73 MB)

Press Release

Operators of Tech Support Scam Settle FTC Allegations they Tricked Consumers into Buying Computer Repair Services

Date

December 10, 2019

A Utah-based company and its owner are permanently banned from offering tech support products and services to consumers as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission resolving allegations...

Cases and Proceedings

Closing Letters

Nevco, Inc.

Date

November 14, 2019

Matter Number

P074204

Closing letter to George Paul, Counsel for Nevco, Inc. (42.48 KB)

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Before the House Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law: “Hearing on Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 4: Perspectives of the Antitrust Agencies"

Date

November 13, 2019

Joseph J. Simons, Former Chairman

Matter Number

P180101

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Before the House Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law: “Hearing on Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 4: Perspectives of the Antitrust Agencies" (71.76 KB)

Press Release

FTC Testifies before House Judiciary Subcommittee On Competition Enforcement and Policy, Including in Technology Markets

Date

November 13, 2019

In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, the Federal Trade Commission described its enforcement and policy work to promote competition in U.S...

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson In the Matter of InfoTrax Systems, L.C.

Date

November 12, 2019

Christine S. Wilson, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

162 3130

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson In the Matter of InfoTrax Systems, L.C. (32 KB)

Public Statement

The Growing Nostalgia for Past Regulatory Misadventures and the Risk of Repeating These Mistakes with Big Tech

Date

November 7, 2019

Abstract: Digital markets are increasingly described as the ‘railroads’ of the 21st century. Extending that metaphor, some commentators argue we should revive stale railroad-era economic regulations...

Public Statement

Keynote of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips at ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference - The FTC and the Digital Marketplace: Highlights from the Last Year

Date

November 5, 2019

Keynote of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips at ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference (196.1 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

Commissioner Statements

Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of AT&T Mobility, LLC

Date

November 5, 2019

Rohit Chopra, Former Commissioner

Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra In the Matter of AT&T Mobility, LLC (94.62 KB)

Press Release

AT&T to Pay $60 Million to Resolve FTC Allegations It Misled Consumers with ‘Unlimited Data’ Promises

Date

November 5, 2019

AT&T Mobility, LLC, will pay $60 million to settle litigation with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that the wireless provider misled millions of its smartphone customers by charging them...

Press Release

FTC Announces January Workshop to Examine Voice Cloning Technologies

Date

November 4, 2019

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop on January 28, 2020 to examine voice cloning technologies, which enable users to make near-perfect reproductions of a real person...

Federal Register Notice

Retina-X Studios, LLC; Analysis To Aid Public Comment

Date

October 31, 2019

Cases and Proceedings

Commission Letters

Letter of the Federal Trade Commission to the U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, on the U.S. SAFE WEB Act

Date

October 25, 2019

Letter of the Federal Trade Commission to the U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, on the U.S. SAFE WEB Act (663.03 KB)

Advocacy Filings

Comment of the Staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection: Preliminary Draft for the NIST Privacy Framework

Date

October 24, 2019

Matter Number

P205400

Text of FTC Staff Comment (119.19 KB)

Press Release

FTC Staff Offers Comment on NIST’s Proposed Privacy Framework

Date

October 24, 2019

Federal Trade Commission staff submitted a comment on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Preliminary Draft for Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy through...

Jan28

Event

You Don't Say: An FTC Workshop on Voice Cloning Technologies

January 28, 2020 | 12:30PM

On January 28, 2020, staff of the Federal Trade Commission examined voice cloning technologies that enable users to make near-perfect reproductions of a real person’s voice. Advances in artificial...

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