We’ve talked before about the FTC’s focus on consumer health privacy. In cases against BetterHelp and GoodRx, a blog post announcing rules it intends to enforce in the space, and a report summarizing its recent privacy and...more
4/18/2024
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Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Information Technology ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI
The FTC announced an action last week against location data broker X-Mode Social and its corporate successor Outlogic (collectively, “X-Mode”) based on several alleged violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act. According to FTC...more
1/17/2024
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Consumer Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Geolocation ,
Location Data ,
Location Privacy ,
Mobile Apps ,
National Security ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Section 5 ,
Statutory Violations
In another example of the agency’s practice of regulation by blog, the FTC published last week a Business Blog Post about protecting consumer health information. The post, which summarizes key points from several recent...more
8/1/2023
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Consumer Information ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Marketing ,
PHI ,
Privacy Policy ,
Section 5 ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Last week the Federal Trade Commission announced a privacy and data security enforcement action against the online retail platform CafePress. The allegations in the FTC’s complaint read like a list of worst practices,...more
3/24/2022
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Consent Order ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Liability ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Section 5 ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices