Rebecca Kelly Slaughter can resume her job as FTC commissioner, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday (see 2507250046).
Tech companies could be in violation of the FTC Act if they weaken security standards in response to demands from foreign law enforcement, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Thursday in letters to several companies.
Understanding definitions for “data broker” and sensitive personal data will help companies determine if they’re subject to FTC compliance under its new data broker law, Wiley attorneys said Wednesday.
The FTC could improve cybersecurity standards by verifying the adequacy of companies' risk assessments, IAPP Cybersecurity Law Center Managing Director Jim Dempsey said in a post Friday.
Data privacy attorneys from Wiley on Monday offered a rundown on the process for responding to an FTC inquiry.
The public has until Aug. 19 to comment on a petition asking the FTC to vacate or modify an order against a “stalkerware” app, the agency said Friday.
Consumers have until July 9 to file additional claims against Fortnite developer Epic Games, the FTC said Wednesday (see 2506240055).
Car dealers must protect a customer’s personally identifiable financial information even after the business relationship ends, the FTC said in its FAQs on the agency’s Safeguards Rule.
Amendments to the FTC’s Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule took effect Monday, but companies will have until April 2026 to come into compliance with most of the changes (see 2505050053).
The FTC’s unfairness authority can continue to be a useful enforcement tool in holding social media companies liable for harming teens, former FTC Chair Lina Khan wrote in a Stanford Law Review article with former Consumer Protection Bureau Director Samuel Levine and former Chief Technologist Stephanie Nguyen.