Enforcement Actions, Data-Sharing, Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices

FTC Continues to Bring Enforcement Actions Against Data Brokers

WilmerHale on 12/17/2024

On December 3, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced two enforcement actions against large data aggregator companies, Mobilewalla, Inc. (“Mobilewalla”) and Gravy Analytics Inc. (“Gravy Analytics”), for alleged...more

How Did the FTC Get $16 Million in a Recent FTC Act Privacy Case?

BakerHostetler on 2/27/2024

Advertising and privacy. In 2024, it’s hard to talk about one without the other. Almost like peanut butter and jelly. A recent case from the Federal Trade Commission is an important reminder about the privacy and...more

FTC Cracks Down on BetterHelp’s Sharing of Health Information for Advertising

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 3/27/2023

Following its February settlement with GoodRx, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fired another shot across the bow in its ongoing campaign to protect consumers’ digital health information. Earlier this month the FTC...more

With New Enforcement Action, FTC Warns Against Health Information Being Used for Advertising Purposes

BakerHostetler on 3/16/2023

If the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent pursuits did not make clear the agency’s deep concerns about the use of health information for advertising purposes, a new enforcement action brought by the FTC against...more

Latest FTC Health Privacy Case Sheds Light on Agency Health Privacy Approaches

BakerHostetler on 2/8/2023

Health privacy has been a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) priority for decades, and indeed, one of its very first privacy cases, in the early 2000s, involved the inadvertent sharing of user health data. Fast-forward a few...more

FTC Cracks Down on Lead Generation Company’s Indiscriminate Sharing of Consumers’ Sensitive Data

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/12/2017

On July 3, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had settled charges that defendants Blue Global, an operator of dozens of consumer loan lead generation websites, and its founder and CEO, Christopher Kay,...more

Learning from Venmo’s Compliance Issues: How to Avoid Inadequate Privacy Disclosures

Carlton Fields on 7/21/2016

PayPal, the company responsible for the popular mobile payments app, Venmo, recently agreed to voluntarily bolster its privacy and security disclosures—and pay a $175,000 penalty—in response to an enforcement action brought...more

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