By: Linda L. Goodman In a case that dates back to 2014, the FDIC announced that they have settled a D.C. federal court lawsuit by payday lenders that accused banking agencies of illegally pressuring banks to cut ties with payday […]
Online Scam Data Collection in the Sights of the FTC
By: Linda L. Goodman At a recent compliance conference, a major topic of discussion was the practice of the purchase of consumer data that has been collected through online scams such as bogus product pages, fake news pages, banners, etc. […]
FTC Requesting Powers to Make Privacy Rules
By: Linda L. Goodman At a recent Congressional hearing with the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, all five commissioners of the FTC testified that we need data privacy legislation, the power to levy fines, and […]
TCPA Common Text Messaging Risks
By: Linda L. Goodman Did you know that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) isn’t only for prohibitions on robocalls? Autodialed text messages are also covered under the TCPA’s scope. There are important requirements for managing and monitoring a text […]
Remote Tax Bill Receives Support from the California Senate
By: Linda L. Goodman The California Senate last week voted 36-0 to approve the A.B. 147 legislation that would supersede a California regulation for remote sellers that took effect last week. This new bill, A.B. 147, establishes a $500,000 threshold […]
The Own Your Own Data Act Introduced in the Senate
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 […]
National User Data Do Not Track Act Introduced in the Senate
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 […]
FTC’s First Case Against Paid Fake Reviews
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 […]
Free-Trial and Negative Option Pitches are High on FTC Radar
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 […]
GAO Reporting that the US Needs Federal Privacy Protections for Consumers
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 […]