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The FTC’s Complaint Against Ring, Detecting Malware Infected Apps, America’s Most Cybersecure Companies
The FTC charged Ring, the Amazon-owned home security camera company, for compromising customer privacy and having inadequate security measures. Employees accessed private videos, while hackers exploited vulnerabilities and now Ring needs to ...
FTC Cracks Down on Unauthorized Disclosure of Health Information for Advertising: A Roundup of Recent Enforcement Actions
Lately, the Federal Trade commission (FTC) has taken an increased interest in protecting the consumers’ digital health information by cracking down on companies deploying unfair and deceptive practices to share user health ...
Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy, BetterHelp’s FTC Fine, Chick-fil-A Data Breach
What you need to know about Biden’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy, which aims to provide a framework of what the current administration wants the US federal government, critical infrastructure organizations, and private ...
FTC Proposes Eliminating Non-Compete Clauses
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair, Lina M. Khan, recently announced the commission’s intent to adjust a rule that would prohibit non-compete agreements by workers or independent contractors. Their rationale? Unfair competition—which, ...
Privacy Settlements Reveal the Value of User Data
Two recent class action settlements highlighted just how seriously companies should take their duty to protect users’ information. The cost of not doing so is astronomical. These settlements also speak to the ...
“How will the Uber Breach Verdict Affect the CISO Role in the Future?”
A Uber breach verdict was handed down that could prove highly impactful to CISOs and CSOs in the near and distant future. The post “How will the Uber Breach Verdict Affect the ...
FTC Steps Up Regulation of Data Surveillance Companies
On August 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the collection, sharing and use of certain information which it refers to as “commercial surveillance data” ...
FTC: ISPs are Spying on You. ISPs: Deal With It.
Your internet service provider watches your browsing habits, records them and sells you to the highest bidder—so says the Federal Trade Commission ...
Facebook Vs. NYU and Transparency
On August 3, 2021, Facebook, showed off its full 800-pound gorilla physique by attempting to crush the work of two New York University (NYU) researchers, Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy and their ...
High Court Deals Blow to Data Privacy Regulations
Like the Kubler-Ross stages of grief, there are multiple stages of data breach. Anger, denial, blame, investigation, litigation, regulation and, ultimately, resignation. This includes possible class action litigation by consumers, banks, vendors, ...
