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