Back in January, the FTC announced that it would hold a workshop to examin the use of mobile payments in the marketplace and the effects on consumers. As promised, the workshop has been scheduled for April 26th, with a link to the agenda . According to the FTC, the workshop will gather consumer advocates, industry members, government representatives,… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Federal Trade Commission RSS Feed$30 million Fine Underscores Importance of Do-Not-Call Compliance
Posted in Federal Trade CommissionWritten by Ernie Cooper Ruling earlier this week on a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a federal district court judge levied a total of $30 million in fines against two telemarketers for, among other things, placing prerecorded telemarketing “robocalls” to more than 2.7 million people with numbers on the national Do-Not-Call… Continue Reading
FTC Issues Long-Awaited Privacy Report
Posted in Federal Trade Commission, Legislation, Online Advertising, Privacy RegulationWritten by Adam Veness Earlier today, the FTC held a press conference and issued a final report setting forth best practices for businesses to protect American consumers and to provide consumers with greater control over the collection and use of their data. You can find the full report here: Final Commission Report on Protecting Consumer… Continue Reading
President Obama: “American consumers can’t wait any longer….”
Posted in Data Compliance & Security, Federal Trade Commission, Legislation, Online Advertising, Privacy RegulationAt the White House today, President Obama unveiled his administration’s framework for new privacy regulations and the long-awaited white paper entitled “Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy.” This follows up on the Department of Commerce “green paper” issued well over a year… Continue Reading
A Top Five List: Data Security and Privacy Issues 2012
Posted in Data Compliance & Security, European Union, Federal Trade Commission, Legislation, Privacy RegulationHere is an article published in Westlaw Journal on the top 5 data security and privacy issues in 2012 (and there could be a “top 20″ if we’d had the column inches!) — a little crystal ball-gazing: Top 5 Commercial Data Security and Privacy Issues in 2012
Broken Privacy Promises from Upromise? FTC Settlement and Key Takeaways (Update)
Posted in Data Compliance & Security, Federal Trade CommissionWritten by Jake Romero According to the Federal Trade Commission, the most remarkable aspect of Upromise, an online college savings program, was not how much its users saved. Rather, it was how much they were giving away. The FTC has announced settlement regarding a complaint it had filed against Upromise, Inc. alleging that the corporation… Continue Reading
