- FTC Proposal Would Require Newspapers To Accept Online Cancellations
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 23, 2023
The FTC's proposed "click to cancel" rule would force companies to all ...
- FTC Investigates Paid Ad Practices Related To Fraud, Financial Scams, Counterfeit
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 16, 2023
The FTC on Thursday put eight social media and video streaming platfor ...
- FTC Seeks $160 Million Budget Increase
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 13, 2023
The FTC is requesting an additional $160 million, some of which wou ...
- Court Wants FTC Input On Children's Privacy Battle With YouTube
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 9, 2023
A federal appeals court has asked the FTC to opine on wheth ...
- FTC Eyes Social Platforms Over Scam Ads
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 9, 2023
The FTC will vote next week on whether to demand information abo ...
- Therapy App Hit With Class-Action Privacy Complaint
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Online therapy app BetterHelp has been hit with a privacy lawsuit f ...
- FTC Fines Therapy App $7.8 Million Over Privacy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 2, 2023
Online therapy app BetterHelp allegedly shared sensitive information about consumers' mental heal ...
- Privacy Standards Should Be Set By Congress, Not FTC, Industry Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 28, 2023
"The regulation of the modern economy, which is data-driven in every wa ...
- Industry Groups Urge FTC To Reject Petition To Regulate Ad Tech
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 20, 2023
"The reasonable use of data provides tremendous benefits to consumers, the econom ...
- Embattled Data Broker Highlights FTC Commissioner's Resignation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Mobile data broker Kochava, which is currently battling in court with t ...
- FTC Commissioner Announces Resignation, Cites 'Abuse Of Power' By Chair
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Republican FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson announced on Tuesday that she plans ...
- Survey Finds Many Americans Don't Understand Online Data Collection
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 9, 2023
Privacy laws that require companies to obtain consumers' consent don't go f ...
- Judge Sides With FTC In Battle Over Fake Reviews
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 7, 2023
The FTC can move forward with a lawsuit alleging that apartment-finding servi ...
- FTC Won't Ask Appeals Court To Block Meta's Purchase Of Supernatural
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 6, 2023
The FTC's decision paves the way for Meta to complete the estimat ...
- GoodRx Fined For Allegedly Sharing Consumer Data With Ad Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 1, 2023
GoodRx has agreed to pay $1.5 million and to refrain from shari ...
- Judge Reportedly Rejects FTC Request To Block Meta's Purchase Of Supernatural
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 1, 2023
A federal judge has rejected the Federal Trade Commission's request to blo ...
- Askin v. Programmatic
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, January 23, 2023
"At some point over the past few decades, we, as a societ ...
- Law Professor Urges FTC To Regulate Ad-Tech
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 19, 2023
Many online ad practices are "unfair, deceptive, and privacy-invasive," writes Brooklyn L ...
- Twitter Sued Over Data Leak That Allegedly Unmasked Users
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 16, 2023
Twitter duped users and "exposed them to a multitude of harms," ...
- Psychological Association Urges FTC To Regulate Platforms
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 13, 2023
The American Psychological Association is backing advocacy groups' request that the F ...
- Biden's Privacy Push Draws Mixed Reaction
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 12, 2023
"There is a lot of opportunity for Democrats and Republicans to wo ...
- Yelp Weighs In With FTC Over Fake Reviews
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 9, 2023
Review platform Yelp is urging the FTC to consider fining anyone involv ...
- Google To Seek New Appeal In Children's Privacy Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 6, 2023
Google will ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider ...
- Court Rekindles Children's Privacy Battle With YouTube, Hasbro, Others
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 28, 2022
A federal appellate panel has revived a class-action complaint by parents ...
- Kochava Urges Judge In Massachusetts To Throw Out Privacy Class-Action
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Mobile data broker Kochava says it can't be sued in Massachusetts becau ...
- TikTok Confirms It Spied On American Journalists
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 22, 2022
ByteDance employees used data collected through TikTok to track locations of t ...
- FTC Releases New Advertising Compliance Guidance For Health Care Products
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, December 21, 2022
The FTC guidelines are intended to prevent unfair and deceptive practices, simil ...
- Epic Fined $520 Million Over 'Dark Patterns,' Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 19, 2022
Fortnite developer Epic Games will pay a total of $520 million f ...
- FTC Sues To Prevent Microsoft From Purchasing Activision
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 8, 2022
The FTC on Thursday sued Microsoft over its proposed $69 billion purcha ...
- Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Against Twitter Over Ad-Targeting Slip-Up
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 7, 2022
A federal judge dismissed a class-action complaint claiming Twitter violated its contra ...