What happened and why? On July 8, 2025, a unanimous three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the updated version of the FTC’s Negative Option Rule (also known as the “click to cancel” rule) to have...more
Companies with recurring payment programs with negative option terms now have until July 14, 2025, to bring their disclosure, consent, and cancellation practices into full compliance....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its long-awaited final Negative Option Rule (the “Rule”) on October 16, 2024. “Negative Options” according to the FTC are arrangements “under which the consumer’s silence or...more
U.S companies are expected to explain how consumers are being tracked across devices, so that the company knows a consumer accessing its website from smartphone, tablet, television, laptop or other devices. Until now, U.S....more
As more consumer devices connect to the Internet, regulators take a more aggressive stance requiring security promises be met.
On January 5, 2017, the FTC filed a complaint against computer networking equipment...more
On October 25, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its nonbinding “Data Breach Response” guide with an accompanying blog post and video, all directed to help businesses prepare a data breach response plan. The...more