On November 9, 2020, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had entered into a consent agreement, subject to final approval, with videoconferencing company Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom)....more
Contact tracing is recognized by health systems and governments as an effective method to identify individuals an infected person may have exposed to disease in order to notify those individuals and take action to prevent...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s Opinion finding that Cambridge Analytica engaged in deceptive practices to harvest personal information closes another chapter in the Commission’s actions against Cambridge Analytica and its...more
12/10/2019
/ Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Express Contract Terms ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Materiality ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Rules of Practice ,
Section 5 ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In 2017, the FTC filed a complaint against D-Link Systems, Inc. (D-Link) alleging that the Taiwan-based computer networking equipment manufacturer had taken inadequate security measures which left its wireless routers and...more
7/10/2019
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Dismissals ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Hackers ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Section 5 ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The FTC has entered into a settlement with LightYear Dealer Technologies, doing business as DealerBuilt, a technology company that develops and sells dealer management system (DMS) software and data processing services to...more
6/17/2019
/ Car Dealerships ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Storage ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Safeguards Rule ,
Section 5 ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
Settlement