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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

PART 1: “Staying in Our Lane”: Andrew Ferguson’s FTC Philosophy on Privacy Enforcement

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Since Andrew Ferguson assumed the role of FTC chair in January 2025, following his year-long tenure as a commissioner, businesses have been watching closely for signals of how the agency might redirect its focus on privacy...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Order Will Ban U.K.-Based Software Provider from Selling Browsing Data for Ad Purposes and Require It to Pay $16.5MM Over...

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On February 24, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it will require software provider Avast to pay $16.5MM and prohibit the company from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Don’t Forget Deception: FTC and Biometrics

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With the ongoing BIPA litigation activity in Illinois surrounding collection of biometrics, it can be easy to forget that other issues might surround this practice. Last month the FTC reminded companies not to forget general...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

One Less Sheriff In Town: Ninth Circuit Rules that Communications Common Carriers are Exempt from FTC Enforcement

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On August 29, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a major decision restructuring how common carriers are regulated at the federal level. The Ninth Circuit interpreted Section 5 of the FTC Act, which...more

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The FTC Weighs in on In-Store Tracking. Or Does It?

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In law school, everybody learns the adage that hard cases make bad law. When it comes to the Federal Trade Commission, a better aphorism might be, “easy cases make new law.” The FTC’s recent settlement with Nomi Technologies...more

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