Building on the FTC’s continued push into mobile issues and privacy, which it reinforced at the 2015 IAPP Global Summit in D.C. two weeks ago, the Federal Trade Commission today announced an upcoming workshop to explore the issues raised by cross device tracking – using browsers or apps to visit sites across different devices. As the FTC […]
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FTC Takes Mobile App Makers to Task – Warns About Empty Promises in Privacy Policies
A new staff report by the FTC, What’s the Deal” – A FTC Study on Mobile Shopping Apps, highlights the FTC”s continued concerns about user data and the mobile ecosphere – particularly how payment disputes are handled by developers of mobile apps in the wake of recent Apple and Amazon app issues.. Following in the wake of the […]
FTC Data Broker Report Takeaways – Part 2
In this Part Two covering the Federal Trade Commission’s Report on Data Brokers, (Part One is here) we focus on the Report’s detail of benefits and risks to consumers of data brokers’ services, the FTC’s legislative recommendations and best practices data brokers should consider to address growing concerns surrounding data mining. Lastly, we’ll review considerations […]
Data Broker Study from FTC Reveals a Big Data World
Data brokers have been under increased scrutiny lately – from Congress, the press and joined again this week by the Federal Trade Commission, which released a 109-page study of nine data brokers entitled Data Brokers: A Call For Transparency and Accountability (the “Report”). which examined nine data brokers to determine the types and scope of personal information data collected. What […]
FTC Slaps Snapchat Over Privacy Policy & Practices
Recently, the Federal Trade Commission snapped at Snapchat over its privacy policy and representations made regarding the company’s mobile application. The FTC’s action has raised some eyebrows. But it has also raised awareness that promises made in a privacy policy matter. What did Snapchat do wrong and what are the key takeaways you should adopt […]
Admin judge to FTC: “Put up or shut up”
FTC ordered to submit to testifying about data security standards The ongoing controversial Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) versus LabMD Inc. enforcement action (Docket No. 9357) took a new twist recently as Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell effectively ordered the FTC to reveal details about what it considers to be the applicable data security […]
FTC Approves 6th COPPA Safe Harbor Program – kidSAFE+
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) approved the kidSAFE Seal Program as a “safe harbor program” under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the agency’s COPPA Rule. This make kidSAFE+ the 6th approved safe harbor program – joining Aristotle, inc., the children’s Advertising Review Unit of the Council of BBB’s, the Entertainment Software […]
FTC’s 50th Data Security Settlement Highlights Best Practices
The FTC’s recently announced “50th data security settlement,” with GMR Transcription Services, has been highlighted by the Commission as a “golden opportunity to check your [data security] practices.” We agree. The facts behind the settlement read like a veritable case study of what not to do and how companies get into hot water with regulators […]
FTC “Internet of Things” Workshop Explores Privacy Risks and Benefits
The Federal Trade Commission’s long awaited “Internet of Things” public workshop was held Nov. 19, 2013, and webcast live (with presentations, transcripts and videos to be archived for ready access at http://www.ftc.gov/video) to explore a wide range of potential privacy and security issues associated with Internet-connected devices everywhere – at home, work and in the car. […]
Discussing the FTC’s Proposed Settlement with TRENDnet
Following up on Senior Counsel Rich Santalesa’s recent post on the FTC officially entering the “Internet of things” space by proposing a consent order settlement with TRENDnet, he spoke with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN TV on the subject. In the below concise video interview, he explains what TRENDnet did to draw the FTC’s ire and […]
FTC Enters “Internet of Things” Arena With TRENDnet Proposed Settlement
With predictions that by 2020 more than 30 billion devices will be wirelessly connected to the “Internet of Things” the issues for data security and privacy in an “all-connected, all-the-time” world are massive. And as the FTC continues to forge ahead in efforts to address mobile and other burgeoning security matters it recently entered the […]
FTC Recommends Best Practices for Facial Recognition Technologies
Regardless of your view of government, you have to on some level hand it to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). It is doggedly persistent, like perhaps few other federal agencies, in working to stay ahead of the ever breaking digital security and privacy wave. At the end of 2011 the FTC hosted a unique workshop […]
What’s Next for the FTC’s Proposed Privacy Framework?
The December 2010 release of the FTC’s much anticipated Privacy Framework, included the typical public comment period, which ended in February. We’ve looked at the 442 separate submitted comments received by the FTC, available here, from individuals and associations, corporations and organizations. The goal was to uncover what themes, trends and thoughts are raised by […]
FTC Issues Guide for Businesses on Securing Digital Copiers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released a new publication in the wake of numerous news accounts highlighting the potential data security issues posed by modern digital copiers. (See, e.g., Digital Copy Machines Pose Security Concerns, Alburquerque News, July 28, 2010, available here; Digital Photocopiers Loaded with Secrets, CBS Evening News, April 15, 2010, available […]
Review of FTC’s Proposed Privacy Framework
Last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its anticipated 122-page staff report on Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers (the “Report”), which we covered in brief here immediately following its release. In this part of our review, and in following parts, we dig into […]
