By Kyle Brasseur2023-12-20T14:33:00
Retail pharmacy chain Rite Aid agreed to a five-year ban on its use of facial recognition technology for surveillance purposes as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The FTC alleged Rite Aid “failed to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers in its use of facial recognition technology in hundreds of stores,” according to an agency press release Tuesday.
The company was also accused of violating a 2010 data security order with the FTC by not ensuring its third-party service providers had appropriate safeguards in place to protect consumers’ personal data.
2024-01-09T21:03:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Data broker Outlogic will be subject to the Federal Trade Commission’s first ban on the use, sale, or disclosure of sensitive location data as part of a proposed order announced by the agency.
2024-01-04T20:11:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Federal Trade Commission was clear in its recent enforcement action against Rite Aid regarding its expectations for companies using facial recognition technology or any biometric security or surveillance systems.
2024-01-04T14:30:00Z By Manorama Kulkarni, CW guest columnist
The lack of clear regulations and guidelines for the ethical use of facial recognition technology further exacerbates concerns of discriminatory practices and potential infringements on human rights.
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Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and has returned $5 million in fee overcharges to customers as part of a resolution with Hong Kong’s financial services regulator.
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The majority owner of a Pennsylvania investment firm faces 100 years of prison time and huge fines for allegedly running a $770 million Ponzi scheme centered on an ATM company he also owned.
2025-09-03T17:43:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed an enforcement action against Disney for allegedly collecting personal information about children, and then threw salt in the wound by calling the company out in an alert emailed to an untold number of businesses.
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