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Fisher Phillips

Connecticut AG Settles Claims Over Deficient Privacy Notice: 6 Key Lessons for Businesses that Collect and Use Consumer Data

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While website privacy notices are now commonplace – and consumers might only skim them – a recent settlement highlights the importance of staying vigilant about complying with applicable consumer privacy laws. The Connecticut...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI...

Lesson Learned From Recent FTC Settlement: Be Cautious With Compliance “Seals”

"HIPAA Compliance" seals are not a reliable indicator that a company's website employs reasonable measure to secure personal medical information. That is one lesson from a recently finalized settlement between the Federal...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

When the Privacy Watchdogs Bare Their Teeth

July 2019 brought an escalation in the enforcement of privacy infringements by companies around the world. The trend began with a press release published on July 8, 2019, of a fine in the approximate amount of GBP 183 million...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Uber Goes 0-2 in Data Breach Notifications

In August, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a settlement agreement with Uber stemming from its investigation of a 2014 data breach due to Uber’s “unreasonable security practices”. The lengthy investigation...more

Saul Ewing LLP

$750,000 Settlement Agreement Reiterates Importance of HIPAA Security Rule Compliance

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On September 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") announced that it had entered into a Settlement Agreement with an Indiana-based medical practice for alleged violations of the Health Insurance...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The FTC Continues to Flex its Safe Harbor Enforcement Muscles

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On August 17, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced settlements with 13 companies on charges that they misled consumers by claiming that they were certified members of the U.S.-EU or U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor...more

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