FTC: Compgeeks.com violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable security to protect customer data. FTC: Company stored sensitive information in unencrypted text on its corporate computer network. The company didn’t adequately assess whether its Web application and network were vulnerable to attacks, FTC says. FTC vote to accept the proposed complaint and consent agreement was 4-0. The FTC will publish an announcement regarding the agreement in the Federal Register shortly. The agreement will be subject to public comment for 30 days, beginning today.”]
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