Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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FTC Warns About Misuses of Consumers’ Biometric Information
The Federal Trade Commission has unanimously adopted a new policy statement warning that the increasing...
Jon Frankel, Steve Lane, Kandi Parsons
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FTC Proposes Novel Prohibitions & Safeguards Against Meta, including Prohibitions on the Use of Teen Data, in Wake of Alleged Privacy Violations
In what would be its third major action against Meta since 2012, the FTC has...
Ahmed Eissa, Stacey Brandenburg, Kandi Parsons
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FTC Proposes Rules for Subscriptions and Auto-Renewing Contracts
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on March 23, 2023, with proposed amendments to...
Maddie Rana, Zach Lerner, Kandi Parsons
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FTC Reinforces Restriction on Health Data Disclosures for Advertising
In a continuation of the trend of regulatory guidance and actions on online advertising, the...
Daniel Levin, Rushil Mehta, Anna Hsia
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FTC Highlights Three Best Security Practices
On February 1, 2023, the FTC released guidance highlighting three data security practices that the agency increasingly...
Alex Stout, Cat Kellogg
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FTC Sends Strong Warning Against Online Tracking and Advertising Using Health Data
On February 1, 2023, the FTC announced an enforcement action against GoodRx for unlawfully disclosing users’ health...
Anna Hsia, Hannah Schaller, Melissa Maalouf
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FTC-Epic Games Half a Billion Dollar Settlements Show COPPA, Data Collection from Teens, and Dark Patterns Aren’t a Game
On December 19, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the largest-ever penalties for violations of the...
Daniel de Zayas, Alex Stout, Kandi Parsons
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FTC Report Signals Doubling Down on Enforcement Against Dark Patterns
Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released its Staff Report, Bringing Dark Patterns...
Zach Lerner, Daniel Levin
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Sale of Sensitive Location Data Under Scrutiny by the FTC
The FTC sued data broker Kochava, Inc. in federal district court, alleging their sale and...
Zach Lerner, Cat Kellogg, Stacey Brandenburg
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FTC Raises Prospect of Future Consumer Data Regulations
On August 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”)...
Hannah Schaller, Kandi Parsons
