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Litigation

Dec. 23, 2015

Oracle settles with FTC over software updates

Oracle Corp. on Monday settled with the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly putting 850 million personal computers at a high security risk for not removing older versions of a popular software.

By Kibkabe Araya
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Oracle Corp. on Monday settled with the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly putting 850 million personal computers at a high security risk by failing to remove older versions of popular software.

The FTC alleged that when Oracle allowed users to download newer versions of its Java Platform, Standard Edition software - which is necessary to run a variety of applicatio...

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