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  Levine of the FTC: 'Kids’ avatars, biometric data and health information are not exempt from COPPA'

  Samuel Levine, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, explained that some information Microsoft has been gathering is under the protection of COPPA.

  By Federal Newswire Report

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  FTC sues VoIP provider: 'XCast Labs played a key role in helping telemarketers flood homes with unlawful robocalls'

  The FTC announced in a recent press release that it has filed a lawsuit to stop a supplier of VoIP from sending millions of illegal robocalls over its network to consumers nationwide after receiving warnings to discontinue.

  By Federal Newswire Report

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  Functional Government Initiative on energy costs: 'We will continue to seek access to records.'

  The Functional Government Initiative (FGI) is demanding transparency from the Biden Administration to determine how its energy policies may be affecting the cost of oil and gas.

  By Andy Nghiem

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