On March 29, the FTC approved a final consent order with a cloud applications provider related to allegations that the company misrepresented the safety and security of installing a new version of Java software, which left an insecure version of the software intact. Under the terms of the order, Oracle must notify consumers of the risk and give them the option of uninstalling the outdated software, in addition to providing website and social media notification about the issue.
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