Federal Trade Commission

FTC Finds Amazon Ring Cameras Responsible for “Egregious Violations of Users’ Privacy,” Requires Data Deletion

An FTC order found that Amazon had allowed employees access to sensitive videos from indoor Ring cameras and failed to implement cybersecurity practices to prevent known breaches.

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Updates

Data Minimization: Limiting the Scope of Permissible Data Uses to Protect Consumers

This is the second in a series of blog posts about EPIC’s proposal for a data minimization standard to limit commercial surveillance and protect consumer privacy.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Data Protection

• Analysis

FTC Moves to Block Meta From Monetizing Children’s Data, Impose New Privacy Safeguards

ts on the personal data practices of Meta (previously Facebook), including a ban on monetizing the data of children and restrictions on the company’s use of facial recognition technology.

• Children's Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Social Media Privacy

• Updates

Data Minimization: Centering Reasonable Consumer Expectation in the FTC’s Commercial Surveillance Rulemaking

We face a data privacy crisis in the United States. Unrestricted data collection has eroded consumer privacy.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Brokers

• Analysis

EPIC Commends FTC’s BetterHelp Health Data Settlement

In comments to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC commended the FTC for taking enforcement action against online counseling company BetterHelp for unfair and deceptive trade practices involving health data.

• Data Protection

• Health Privacy

• Updates

Comments of EPIC in re the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Order & Settlement with BetterHelp, Inc.

EPIC commends the Commission for using its Section 5 authority to take enforcement actions against companies like BetterHelp that are engaged in unfair and deceptive practices involving health data, especially where insufficient protections for personal information are involved.

• Data Protection

• Health Privacy

• Comments

FTC Fines Online Therapy Company BetterHelp $7.8 Million for Sharing Health Data

Today the FTC announced an enforcement action against BetterHelp, fining the online counseling company $7.8 million and banning it from sharing consumer health data for advertising purposes.

• Consumer Privacy

• Data Protection

• Health Privacy

• Updates

FTC Fines GoodRx $1.5 Million for Unauthorized Disclosure of Health Information

• Consumer Privacy

• Health Privacy

• Updates

EPIC Urges FTC to Regulate Surveillance Tech Companies Using Police as Promoters

EPIC urged the agency to incorporate the full scope of the Endorsement Guides into its rule, and also urged the Commission to make explicit that companies are liable for violations of the Endorsement Guides made by police promoters.

• Big Data

• Consumer Privacy

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Comments on FTC Advanced Notice of Proposed Trade Regulation Rule on Use of Reviews and Endorsements

• Big Data

• Competition and Privacy

• Consumer Privacy

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• APA Comments