FTC Warns Companies Against Calling Data 'Anonymous'
- by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, July 11, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday warned companies against incorrectly asserting that the data they collect is either anonymous or has been anonymized.
“Companies that make false claims about anonymization can expect to hear from the FTC,” Kristin Cohen, acting associate director for the division of privacy and identity protection, …
