Healthline apparently violated “the gossip test for sensitive data” when it shared with advertisers titles of articles that individual users were reading, which effectively suggested they had certain medical diagnoses, Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, IAPP managing director for Washington, D.C., posted on the privacy association’s website Friday.
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.
President Donald Trump’s firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter violated the FTC Act’s removal protections, a federal judge ruled Thursday, reinstating Slaughter at the agency. The White House said it will appeal.
A shareholder lawsuit seeking $8 billion from Facebook for alleged violations of user privacy in connection with Cambridge Analytica was reportedly settled Thursday morning.
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The Interactive Advertising Bureau on Wednesday announced compliance tool updates for digital advertising companies.
Not only has General Motors (GM) and subsidiary OnStar unlawfully collected, processed and sold Nebraskans' sensitive data since 2015, but many residents unknowingly opted in to these data practices, Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R) alleged in a lawsuit against the companies Tuesday. The AG said GM and OnStar violated the Nebraska Consumer Protection Act and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R) sued General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar on Tuesday for the alleged unlawful collection, processing and sale of sensitive driving data from state residents without their knowledge or consent. In a press conference Tuesday morning, Hilgers announced the suit, claiming violations of the Nebraska Consumer Protection Act and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
Recent enforcement against Honda and Healthline in California and FTC action against data brokers show that companies must understand data flow and consent, an executive with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) said in an interview Monday.
Former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya is joining the American Economic Liberties Project as a senior adviser, the AELP announced Tuesday. Bedoya worked at the FTC from May 2022 until his resignation in June, months after fighting a legal battle with President Donald Trump, who fired him and fellow Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in March (see 2506100030).