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Get Permission Following its exposure of personal information on 130,000 individuals in an unsecured cloud database, SkyMed International, a company that provides medical emergency travel services, must revamp its security practices, according to a proposed Federal Trade Commission settlement. The FTC says Scottsdale, Arizona-based SkyMed failed to take “reasonable measures” to secure the personal information it collected from those who signed up for its emergency travel membership plan. The FTC alleged in its complaint against SkyMed that the company deceived consumers by displaying f...

Photo: FCC The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has upheld its designation of Chinese telecom company Huawei as a national security threat, rejecting the firm’s appeal of the ruling. The FCC also voted to start proceedings that could revoke China Telecom's permission to provide communications services within the U.S. During Thursday's meeting, FCC commissioners reaffirmed an order from July that designated Huawei and ZTE, which are both based in China, as threats to U.S. national security because they could exploit vulnerabilities in America's telecom networks to spy on communications...