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 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 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 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 GAO … 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
By: Linda L. Goodman A new Senate bill was introduced this week that would seek to strengthen and clarify the California Consumer Privacy Act. The bill would expand the right of Californians to bring private legal actions alleging breaches of … Continued
By: Linda L. Goodman A new California State Assembly bill was introduced this week that would expand the current Data Breach Law to require businesses to tell consumers when passport numbers, green cards, biometric information like fingerprint, facial recognition or … Continued
By: Linda L. Goodman Last week the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that they have completed the review of the CAN-SPAM Rule and have voted to keep the rule with no changes. Starting in June of 2017, the FTC began … Continued
By: Linda L. Goodman The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has joined with the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in sending warning letters to companies selling health related products to ensure the products are advertised truthfully, and that efficacy claims for … Continued