Tag: Federal Trade Commission
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FTC Takes Action Against Businesses Using Unproven, Deceptive, and Fraudulent AI Systems
September 25, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission’s Operation AI Comply is in full swing. The Commission’s new initiative aims to crack down on AI-infused frauds and deceptions to protect consumers from deceptive, inaccurate, and fraudulent AI-powered practices like chatbots, fake online reviews, or false claims of huge earnings. The Commission has taken action against DoNotPay, Ascend Ecom, Ecommerce Empire Builders, Rytr, and the FBA Machine for deceptive uses of AI that harmed consumers.
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Commercial AI Use
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Updates
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EPIC Applauds FTC Order Following Camera Hack and CAN-SPAM Violations
September 5, 2024
Last week, the FTC announced a proposed order against Verkada, a seller of IP-enabled security cameras on the heels of two data breaches and violations of the CAN-SPAM Act
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Enforcement of Privacy Laws
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Robocalls
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Updates
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U.S. Sues TikTok for Significant Child Privacy Violations
August 8, 2024
This week the Department of Justice sued TikTok for “flagrantly violating” the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA Rule”), and a FTC Consent Order from 2019 as a result of previous COPPA and FTC Act violations.
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Children's Privacy
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Data Protection
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Privacy Laws
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U.S. Privacy Laws
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Updates
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FTC Investigates Surveillance Pricing Practices of Eight Companies
July 30, 2024
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Data Protection
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Updates
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FTC Finalizes Health Breach Notification Rule Modifications, Improving Health Privacy Safeguards for Consumers
May 6, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission recently finalized changes to modernize the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR), expanding its scope and improving its efficacy to address health privacy and data security risks that fall outside of HIPAA.
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Cybersecurity
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Health Privacy
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Updates
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EPIC Applauds FTC’s Modernization of COPPA Rule, Recommends Improvements to Curb Behavioral Advertising and Protect Privacy for Children Online
March 12, 2024
In comments filed yesterday with the FTC, EPIC applauded the Commission’s efforts to modernize the COPPA Rule and introduced several recommendations to improve the efficacy of the proposed changes to the Rule.
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Children's Privacy
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Protection
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Data Security
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Online Advertising & Tracking
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Updates
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EPIC Comments on Proposed FTC Order that Prohibits Data Aggregator from Selling Location Data
February 23, 2024
EPIC filed comments this week in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed consent order with location data aggregator InMarket LLC, which used consumers’ location data to create and maintain consumer profiles to targeted advertising.
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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Updates
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EPIC, Demand Progress, EFF Applaud Proposed FTC Order with Location Data Broker, Urge Stronger Protections for Location Data
February 21, 2024
EPIC, Demand Progress, and EFF submitted comments in response to the FTC’s proposed order and settlement with X-Mode Social, a location data broker that has previously sold data to government contractors. The groups applauded the FTC’s proposed order for highlighting the sensitive nature of location data and the discrete harm of selling to government contractors for national security purposes, but urged the Commission to apply stronger, more consistent protections for location data.
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Data Protection
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Location Tracking
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Privacy in Public
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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EPIC Joins NHeLP, Upturn in Urging FTC to Investigate Faulty Deloitte Medicaid System
January 31, 2024
In a complaint filed today, EPIC, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), and Upturn urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Deloitte for its development and maintenance of a faulty Medicaid eligibility system known as the Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS).
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Government AI Use
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Screening & Scoring
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Updates
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EPIC Urges FTC to Investigate Thomson Reuters’ Fraud Detection System in New Complaint
January 5, 2024
In a complaint filed yesterday, EPIC called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Thomson Reuters, the multinational information services conglomerate, for its development and operation of a faulty fraud detection system known as “Fraud Detect.”
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
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Consumer Privacy
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Data Brokers
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Government AI Use
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Screening & Scoring
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Updates
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