The Federal Trade Commission has granted final approval to a settlement with the former CEO of Cambridge Analytica, LLC and an app developer who worked with the company to resolve allegations they used deceptive tactics to collect personal information from tens of millions of Facebook users for voter profiling and targeting. In its complaint, the […]
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FTC Seeks Public Comment on Sears Holdings Management Corporation Petition to Reopen and Modify Commission Order Concerning Online Browsing Tracking
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a petition by Sears Holding Management requesting that the FTC reopen and modify a 2009 FTC order settling charges that Sears failed to disclose adequately the scope of consumers’ personal information it collected via a downloadable software app. Specifically, the petition states that as a result […]
FTC Approves Final Consent Order with Online Company Charged with Deceptively Tracking Consumers Online and Through Mobile Devices
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final settlement with a Redwood City, California company over charges that it deceived consumers by tracking them online and through their mobile applications even after consumers took steps to opt out of such tracking. Turn Inc., which enables sellers to target digital advertisements […]
Digital Advertising Company Settles FTC Charges It Deceptively Tracked Consumers Both Online and Through Their Mobile Devices
Turn Inc., a Redwood City, California company that enables sellers to target digital advertisements to consumers, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by tracking them online and through their mobile applications, even after consumers took steps to opt out of such tracking. “Turn tracked millions of consumers online and […]
FTC Testifies on Proposed Reforms to Electronic Communications Privacy Act Before Senate Judiciary Committee
In testimony before Congress today, the Federal Trade Commission provided feedback on proposed reforms to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Testifying on behalf of the Commission, Daniel Salsburg, chief counsel in the Commission’s Office of Technology Research and Investigations, highlighted the Commission’s support for the effort to reform the ECPA. […]
Statement from FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez on Appellate Ruling in the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Matter
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez issued the following statement in response to a ruling today by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, regarding the FTC’s case against Wyndham Hotels and Resorts for allegedly failing to reasonably protect consumers’ personal information: “Today’s Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision reaffirms the FTC’s authority […]
FTC Takes Action Against LifeLock for Alleged Violations of 2010 Order
The Federal Trade Commission today asserted that LifeLock violated a 2010 settlement with the agency and 35 state attorneys general by continuing to make deceptive claims about its identity theft protection services, and by failing to take steps required to protect its users’ data. In documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the District […]
FTC Extends Comment Period for Big Data Workshop to Oct. 31
The Federal Trade Commission has extended until Oct. 31 the deadline for public comments related to its recent workshop, “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” Instructions for providing public comments to the Commission regarding the workshop can be found on the workshop’s webpage. The page also includes video and transcripts of the workshop. […]
FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against Epic Marketplace, Inc.
Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Epic Marketplace, Inc. used “history sniffing” to secretly and illegally determine whether millions of consumers had visited any of more than 54,000 domains. The domains included pages relating to sensitive medical and financial issues ranging from fertility and […]
FTC Recommends Best Practices for Companies That Use Facial Recognition Technologies
The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report “Facing Facts: Best Practices for Common Uses of Facial Recognition Technologies” for the increasing number of companies using facial recognition technologies, to help them protect consumers’ privacy as they use the technologies to create innovative new commercial products and services. Facial recognition technologies have been adopted […]