- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Adrianne Appel2024-03-07T22:33:00
Companies that collect and share consumer data other than names, Social Security numbers, or other details traditionally thought of as personally identifiable information (PII) are being fingered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for violating its rules.
The agency is amid a crackdown on businesses misusing browsing and location data. Any company compiling or selling geolocation data and browsing activity without consumer permission faces potential enforcement, warned the FTC’s Office of Technology in a blog post Monday.
The FTC is casting a wider net because this underlying data can provide “an intimate picture” of a person’s life, including their health conditions, financial status, sexual orientation, and religion. This type of data can also allow a person to be identified.
2024-07-08T14:05:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Vroom, the former online used car dealer, agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that it didn’t abide by consumer protection laws, including providing prompt refunds.
2024-05-14T19:33:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Staff at the Federal Trade Commission offered several steps businesses can take to comply with the agency’s upcoming ban on employee noncompete clauses.
2024-04-26T18:49:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Mobile health applications and similar technologies must notify customers following a data breach or risk violating the Federal Trade Commission’s health breach notification rule.
2025-07-02T18:31:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Emerging enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Justice’s health care fraud division align with the Trump administration’s emphasis on prosecuting transnational criminal organizations and ending opioid trafficking.
2025-07-01T23:26:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
2025-06-25T16:29:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
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