By:  Linda L. Goodman The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently announced it is seeking public comment on ways to improve its existing regulations for negative option marketing. Negative option marketing is a common form of marketing whereby the consumer accepts […]

By:  Linda L. Goodman The numerous state initiatives and regulations pertaining to data protection and consumer privacy are pressing and eliminating tech-based ad-targeting techniques. The replacement is likely to be contextual targeting.  Both Google and Apple are implementing data privacy […]

By: Linda L. Goodman The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and the Office of the Arkansas Attorney General yesterday filed a proposed stipulated judgment and settlement with Andrew Gamber; Voyager Financial Group, LLC; BAIC, Inc.; and SoBell Corp. The companies, […]

By: Linda L. Goodman An operator of email management service, Unrollme Inc., thought their policy was accurate until the FTC alleged that it deceived consumers by sharing the consumers private data and analytics with its parent company. As a result, […]

By: Linda L. Goodman After a short review period after being passed by the legislature, the Governor of New York signed the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (“SHIELD Act”) into law yesterday. The SHIELD Act broadens the […]

By:  Linda L. Goodman Be Prepared for an FTC Crackdown on Social Media Influencer Review Marketing! Your product is getting great reviews! Awesome! Unless, of course, you forgot to mention that you are paying or sharing the revenue with the […]

By: Linda L. Goodman The deadline for payday lenders to begin complying with the underwriting requirements of the new payday rule has been extended by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) so that the agency can begin a reconsideration process […]

By: Linda L. Goodman Last week, the Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, signed the Act to Protect the Privacy of Online Consumer Information into law. Now that the law has been signed, it will become effective on July 1, 2020. […]

By: Linda L. Goodman The State of Maine has taken a huge step to protect consumers and their data last week when they passed a bill that would ban internet providers from using or selling consumer browsing history and other […]

By: Linda L. Goodman Last month, three consumers filed a lawsuit against Apple, Inc., alleging that Apple, Inc. violated consumers’ privacy rights and disregarded its legal responsibility by systematically disclosing the personal listening information of iTunes users. The information that […]