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Articles tagged “ftc”

Media and PR

What Travel Companies Have Against Google on Antitrust Issues

Travel companies speaking out against the all-powerful Google walk a thin line because they are dependent on Google to widely varying degrees. They now have an apparent ally in the European Commission while the U.S. FTC opted out.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

What Travel Companies Have Against Google on Antitrust Issues

Online Travel

TripAdvisor CEO Wants Europe to Crack Down on Google’s Anti-Competitive Behavior

TripAdvisor still spends a lot of money with Google so Kaufer's condemnation of Google's practices stands out. Others have been more circumspect.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

TripAdvisor CEO Wants Europe to Crack Down on Google’s Anti-Competitive Behavior

Online Travel

Google May Have Appeased the FTC, But Can It Beat Europe’s Regulators?

U.S. and European antitrust authorities have collaborated in their respective probes of Google. Strong antitrust regulatory action in Europe could rekindle interest in the U.S., assuming Google's lobbyists are unsuccessful in squelching it.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Google May Have Appeased the FTC, But Can It Beat Europe’s Regulators?

Media and PR

Full FTC Report Reveals More of Google’s Dirty Tricks Against TripAdvisor and Others

Google was adamant that it needed to compete in local search and it didn't mind playing hardball with Yelp, TripAdvisor, CitySearch, and others to get its way.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Full FTC Report Reveals More of Google’s Dirty Tricks Against TripAdvisor and Others

Online Travel

FTC Staff Wanted to Sue Google for Ripping Off TripAdvisor and Yelp

Google dodged a bullet in 2013 when the FTC terminated its antitrust probe without forcing meaningful concessions or filing suit. Now we know that the rank and file within the FTC wanted to fight it out with Google in court.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

FTC Staff Wanted to Sue Google for Ripping Off TripAdvisor and Yelp

Ground Transport

U.S. regulator says D.C. taxi rules may be too restrictive, sides with Uber

FTC has frowned upon restrictive taxicab regulations in Colorado and Alaska before and now it has shown its displeasure in high-profile DC market. This is a big moral win -- not an actual one, since FTC is in advisory capacity here for now -- for Uber and other such new companies.

Skift | 11 years ago

Media and PR

FTC rules on stricter disclosures for advertisers in mobile and social media

Huge implications for travel advertisers as well, who advertise and promote heavily online, mobile and now social media as well. Also, for travel bloggers used to taking free junkets, disclosure isn't enough, as the accompanying embedded document explains.

Diane Bartz, Alexei Oreskovic, Reuters | 11 years ago

FTC rules on stricter disclosures for advertisers in mobile and social media

Online Travel

FTC suggestions for app developers & companies on mobile privacy: a list

FTC's advice in a nutshell: start with minimum reasonable data security, then disclose, disclose, disclose, and go from there.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

FTC suggestions for app developers & companies on mobile privacy: a list

Online Travel

Apps — including travel — need to do lot more on privacy or more fines coming, FTC says

Travel apps -- a bunch of which focus on accessing user's geolocation and photos besides other private information on mobile -- need to get their act together after this FTC fine and guidelines.

Eric Engleman, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Apps — including travel — need to do lot more on privacy or more fines coming, FTC says

Media and PR

Google antitrust case: Europe’s harder line delays FTC decision

Let's hope the EU can teach the FTC a thing or two when it comes to less-biased search practices from Google.

Reuters | 11 years ago

Google antitrust case: Europe’s harder line delays FTC decision