Do FTC Privacy Enforcement Actions Matter? Compliance Before and after US-ES Safe Harbor Agreement Actionsprivacystandard form contractsonline commerceU.S.-E.U Safe Harbor AgreementOnline information privacy in the United States lacked any comprehensive laws or enforcement required to meet the more ...
Children’s privacy:The FTC also has worked vigorously to protect children’s privacy through its enforcement of COPPA. In addition to the FTC’s action against Amazon, the agency has brought several other COPPA-related ac...
Although the rule was introduced over a decade ago, the FTC had never brought any enforcement actions under it. That changed in February 2023, when the FTCimposed a $1.5 million civil penalty on telehealth company GoodRxto resolve allegations that GoodRx had violated the Health Brea...
Followers of recent enforcement actions shouldn’t be too surprised though. Even in the absence of consumer harm, federal regulators have shown an appetite to go after companies that misstate their data collection practices. For example, the FTC recently settled claims against five companies over al...
In the privacy context, most of the FTC enforcement actions have alleged that the defendant engaged in deception – defined as a practice that is likely to mislead consumers acting reasonably under the circumstances to their detriment.19 FTC challenges brought under the "deception" concept involve ...
FTC report highlights data privacy enforcement actions in 2018, including settlements against MyEx.com, Venmo, Uber and BLU Products. The FTC also obtained a civil p
“We will vigorously enforce the law if we uncover illegal conduct that exploits Americans’ location, health, or other sensitive data. The FTC’s past enforcement actions provide a roadmap for firms seeking to comply with the law.”
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