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This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed consent order to settle allegations against IntelliVision Technologies Corp. (IntelliVision) for making false, misleading, and unsubstantiated claims that its...more
Since 2011, I’ve attended the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C. Each year one session gets everyone talking; this year the honor went to “Direct Insights from U.S....more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has banned Rite Aid from using facial recognition technologies for surveillance for five years, demonstrating the FTC’s expectations regarding deployments of biometric and artificial...more
A proposed settlement action filed on December 19, 2023, by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Rite Aid Corp. highlights some of the key issues presented when companies use artificial intelligence (AI) for facial...more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulation is coming, and companies considering implementing AI or already utilizing AI should be prepared. Below are 10 steps that companies can take now to harness the benefits of AI in a fair...more
It might be a little meta to have a blog post about a blog post, but there’s no way around it when the FTC publishes a post to its blog warning companies that use AI to “[h]old yourself accountable—or be ready for the FTC to...more
Setting new precedent in the world of data, the FTC has found that the work product of ill-gotten data is no longer retainable by the developer. On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it...more
A previous blog post discussed FTC Chairwoman Slaughter’s first priority as the newly designated chairwoman – the COVID-19 pandemic. The FTC’s second priority, racial equity, can be broken down into two sub issues. First, the...more
In opening remarks at the Future of Privacy Forum, Acting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter previewed several artificial intelligence (AI)-related enforcement priorities under the Biden...more
In opening remarks at the Future of Privacy Forum, Acting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter previewed enforcement priorities under the Biden Administration. Slaughter's speech marked her first...more
In her first major remarks as Acting Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Rebecca Kelly Slaughter outlined her enforcement priorities under the new administration in a conversation with the Future of Privacy...more
Two recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement actions reflect increased scrutiny of companies using algorithms, automated processes, and/or AI-enabled applications. In January 2021, the agency announced it had settled...more
In an unusual departure from prior settlements, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has required a company to delete the facial recognition algorithm that was allegedly developed using improperly obtained user consent....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 11, 2021, that it had reached a settlement with Everalbum, Inc., the developer of a now-defunct photo storage app called “Ever.” The settlement is the FTC’s first...more
Biometric information is unique to each of us, including our fingerprints, voice, face, iris, and DNA. We can’t replace our biometric data like we can a credit card. If it is compromised, it is compromised forever. It is uber...more