The Federal Trade Commission proposed requiring online counseling service BetterHelp to pay $7.8 million as part of a settlement addressing charges it shared clients’ personal health data with Facebook, Snapchat, and other third parties for advertising purposes.
Adrianne Appel
Adrianne Appel writes regulatory news, policy, and trends for Compliance Week. She previously reported about policy developments for Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg Government.
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Godfrey Phillips India to pay $333K in North Korea sanctions case
Tobacco company Godfrey Phillips India agreed to pay $332,500 to the Office of Foreign Assets Control to settle charges it violated U.S. sanctions by involving U.S. banks and bank personnel in payments for shipments to North Korea.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Ex-CCO gets three years in prison for wire fraud
A former chief compliance officer of an unnamed New York-based investment adviser was sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding clients and her employer.
Posted inData Privacy
California ‘setting the tone’ for privacy push with CPRA updates
Changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act set to come over the course of 2023 strengthen the nation’s first comprehensive state privacy law to a benchmark no other states have yet to equal.
Posted inRisk Management
FTC attorney warns of scrutiny toward AI claims in marketing
The Federal Trade Commission is keeping close watch on companies that use the term “artificial intelligence” when marketing their products.
Posted inData Privacy
HHS creates new enforcement office for health privacy
The Department of Health and Human Services and its office responsible for enforcing health privacy reorganized so it can sharpen enforcement of cybersecurity and data breaches.
Posted inAccounting & Auditing
Qualtrics discloses ICFR weakness in IT controls
Software company Qualtrics disclosed the discovery of a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting for the 2022 fiscal year.
Posted inData Privacy
Best practices for navigating changing U.S. data privacy landscape
With five new or amended state laws set to hit the books in 2023, companies would be wise to ensure their data privacy compliance house is in order—and start preparing for the next wave of legislation.
Posted inRisk Management
‘This is where we are now’: Cyber environment calls for continuous monitoring
Securing your organization’s private data when vendors have access to it means managing relationships from beginning to end, panelists at CW’s virtual Cyber Risk and Data Privacy Summit agreed.
Posted inRisk Management
HHS proposal aims to ‘shine a light’ on nursing home ownership
It is still too early in the rulemaking process to know what will be included in the Biden administration’s final rule on transparency of nursing home ownership, but there are some steps facilities can take to prepare, according to experts.
