FTC
Supreme Court Ruling May Question FTC Authority to Regulate Privacy and Security
While the FTC has been a pivotal player in advancing data privacy and security standards, the evolving legal landscape underscores the need for clearer statutory guidance ...
Most Websites and Apps Use Dark Patterns to Cheat Consumers: FTC
The FTC found in a review of studies that more than three-quarters of websites and apps used dark patterns to deceptively manipulate consumers into buying products they didn't want or to hand ...
Senator Calls for FTC, SEC Probe Into UnitedHealth’s ‘Negligence’ in Breach
Senator Ron Wyden wants the FTC and SEC to investigate the ransomware attack on UnitedHealth's Change subsidiary to see if there was criminal negligence by the CEO or board ...
‘Microsoft’ Scammers Steal the Most, the FTC Says
Scammers impersonating Microsoft, Publishers Clearing House, Amazon and Apple are at the top of the FTC’s “who’s who” list. Based on consumer reports and complaints to the agency, hundreds of millions of ...
Online Health Firm Cerebral to Pay $7 Million for Sharing Private Data
Cerebral, accused by the FTC of sharing sensitive information of over 3.2 million users with third parties, is now banned from using health info for advertising purposes ...
Avast FTC Fine: Antivirus Vendor Fined $16.5M For Data Sale
Avast, the famous antivirus software company, has been hit by a $16.5 million fine by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Avast FTC fine was imposed after the FTC revealed that it ...
Avast Hit With $16.5 Million Fine for Selling Customer Data
Avast Software will pay a $16.5 million fine to settle a federal complaint accusing the antivirus vendor of collecting users’ browsing data over six years and selling it to advertising companies without ...
TEGWAR, AI and the FTC – Gov’t Agency Warns of Deceptive AI Contract Language
Data collection and use policies need to be reexamined because of AI. The FTC is trying to address the issue ...
FTC Issues Its First-Ever Order Against a Data Broker
Federal regulators are banning OutLogic from selling or sharing sensitive location data to third parties, marking the latest effort by government officials to address the thorny issue of data brokers and what ...
Federal Judge Lets FTC Continue with Restrictions Against Meta
A federal court judge gave U.S. regulators the green light to prohibit Meta from monetizing the data its various entities – including Facebook and Instagram – collect from users under the age ...
