By: Linda L. Goodman Sen. John Kennedy, R-LA, introduced a bill that would prohibit the collection of private data by social media companies. It would grant users full property rights to all of the data that they generate on the … Continued
By: Linda L. Goodman Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Introduced a bill that would create a Do Not Track database that consumers can join to keep companies from accessing and sharing certain data. The bill would impose strict penalties for companies … Continued
By: Linda L. Goodman Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its first case against a marketer’s use of paid fake reviews on an independent website. Cure Encapsulations, Inc. and its owner, Naftula Jacobowitz, settled with the FTC to … Continued
By: Linda L. Goodman In a series of recent actions by the FTC to target allegedly deceptive online “free-trial” offers that trick consumers into enrolling in negative option plans, the FTC announced another case against Gopalkrishna Pai and eight companies … Continued
By: Linda L. Goodman After the repeal of the FCC’s broadband privacy rules in 2017, Rep. Frank Pallone, D-NJ, asked the Government Accountability Office to review the role of the federal government in protecting online consumer information from misuse. The … Continued
By: Linda L. Goodman Consumer Privacy seems to be an urgent topic lately, with the GDPR passage last year, and with many US States passing legislation for consumer privacy protection, with consumer advocate groups and the business community asking for … Continued