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$10,000,000 civil penalty for disclosing personal data without consent

Data Protection Report

Department of Justice, upon referral from the Federal Trade Commission, filed a complaint and stipulated order against telehealth company Cerebral, Inc. On April 15, 2024, the U.S.

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GUEST ESSAY: Sure steps to achieve a robust employee cybersecurity awareness training regimen

The Last Watchdog

Make sure to use common, understandable labels and data value tags for your data. The Federal Trade Commission recommends that organizations put sensitive data in inventory stored on storage devices and add the devices of employees who work from home. Often, it is the first time a company has a common definition of data.

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Privacy Group Files FTC Complaint Regarding Facebook’s Facial Recognition Technology

Hunton Privacy

On June 10, 2011, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (“EPIC”) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that Facebook’s facial recognition and automated online image identification features harm consumers and constitute “unfair and deceptive acts and practices.”

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Facebook and the FTC Announce A Deal, For Now

John Battelle's Searchblog

The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook have come to terms on consumer privacy, an issue the FTC formally raised in an eight-count complaint earlier this year. This includes everything from every post on a page to every tag in those posts to every mutual friend shown when you hover over a person’s name.

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Use of Facial Recognition Technology Raises Privacy Concerns

Hunton Privacy

As we reported earlier this month , the Electronic Privacy Information Center (“EPIC”) and several other consumer privacy advocacy groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Facebook for its use of facial recognition technology.

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FTC Reaches Settlement with Myspace for Misleading Statements in Privacy Policy

Hunton Privacy

On May 8, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement agreement with the social networking service Myspace LLC (“Myspace”). Myspace also represented that it complies with the U.S.-EU EU and U.S.

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President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Release Health IT Report

Hunton Privacy

has been focused on the two reports issued in December 2010 by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce , a third government report has received far less press attention, but may have a greater impact on U.S. While much of the attention of the privacy policy community in Washington, D.C.

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