The Federal Trade Commission and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are teaming up to make it easier for consumers to report tax-related identity theft and to receive assistance to help recover. The IRS will now allow consumers to report identity theft to the IRS electronically through the FTCs IdentityTheft.gov [ https://www.identitytheft.gov/?utm_source=govdelivery ] website. Tax-related identity… Read More
Electronic toy manufacturer VTech Electronics Limited and its U.S. subsidiary have agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission [ https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/vtech_file_stamped_stip_order_1-8-18.pdf?utm_source=govdelivery ] that the company violated a U.S. childrens privacy law by collecting personal information from children without providing direct notice and obtaining their parents consent, and failing to take reasonable steps to secure… Read More
Internet Abuse is a wide and sensitive subject and includes criminal activities ranging from child pornography to spam. Currently our data does not publish additional information, such as types (example: phishing) or time (example: recurring criminal activity) and users of our data has to rely on one of three public sources: dnsbl.ascams.com block.ascams.com and superblock.ascams.com)… Read More