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Case: Emp Media Inc. (MyEx.com)
Case: PayPal, Inc., In the Matter of
Case: BLU Products and Samuel Ohev-Zion, In the Matter of
Case: Uber Technologies, Inc.
Public Event: PrivacyCon 2018
February 28, 2018
Building on the success of its two previous PrivacyCon events, the Federal Trade Commission announced a call for presentations for its third PrivacyCon, which took place on February 28, 2018 . The 2018 PrivacyCon expanded collaboration among leading privacy and security researchers, academics,...
Case: Sears Holdings Management Corporation, a corporation, in the Matter of
Report: Privacy & Data Security Update (2017): An Overview of the Commission’s Enforcement, Policy Initiatives, and Consumer Outreach and Business Guidance in the Areas of Privacy and Data Security: January 2017 – December 2017
Report: The Connected Cars Workshop: The Federal Trade Commission Staff Perspective
Case: Jerk, LLC, d/b/a Jerk.com, In the Matter of
Public Event: Informational Injury Workshop
December 12, 2017
Information about consumers has become a key input to innovative products and services. However consumers may suffer injury when information about them is misused. The Federal Trade Commission hosted a workshop on December 12, 2017, to examine consumer injury in the context of privacy and data...
Public Event: Student Privacy and Ed Tech
December 1, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Education (“ED”) hosted a workshop on December 1, 2017 to examine student privacy and Ed Tech. The use of “Ed Tech” has exploded over the past several years. More than half of K-12 students have access to a school-issued personal computing...
Press Release: FTC Gives Final Approval to Settlements with Companies that Falsely Claimed Participation in Privacy Shield
The Federal Trade Commission gave final approval to settlements with three companies that deceived consumers by falsely claiming participation in the European Union-United States Privacy Shield framework. In separate complaints, the FTC alleges that human resources software company Decusoft, LLC ,...
Case: TaxSlayer
Press Release: Statement of Acting FTC Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen on First Annual Review of EU-U.S.-Privacy Shield
Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen has issued the following statement regarding the release of the European Commission’s Report on the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. “We welcome the positive outcome of the first EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Annual...
Case: Ashley Madison
Case: Lenovo, Inc.
Public Event: Connected Cars: Privacy, Security Issues Related to Connected, Automated Vehicles
June 28, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) held a workshop on June 28, 2017 in Washington, D.C., to examine the consumer privacy and security issues posed by automated and connected motor vehicles. The workshop featured opening remarks by Acting FTC...
Case: Turn Inc., In the Matter of
Case: Upromise, Inc.
Case: VIZIO, INC. and VIZIO Inscape Services, LLC
Press Release: Statement of FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez Following Adoption of the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez issued the following statement today after the adoption of a Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. “I welcome the adoption of the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. This new Framework strengthens privacy protections for Swiss consumers and, like...
Public Event: PrivacyCon 2017
January 12, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission held its second PrivacyCon conference on January 12, 2017, to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders, including whitehat researchers, academics, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and government regulators, to discuss the latest research and trends...
Report: "Follow the Lead" Workshop, Staff Perspective
The Staff Perspective recounts important themes arising out of the discussion by panelists at the full-day workshop. It discusses the mechanics of lead generation and how it functions in the modern economy. The paper describes who collects leads and how they are used – in particular the process by...
Case: Practice Fusion, Inc., In the Matter of
Case: Very Incognito Technologies, In the Matter of
Case: InMobi Pte Ltd.
Public Statement: Letter From Chairwoman Edith Ramirez To Vĕra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality of the European Commission, Describing Federal Trade Commission Enforcement of the New EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework
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Commissioner Statement
Press Release: Statement of FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez on EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework
Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez has issued the following statement regarding today’s release of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework in Brussels, Belgium. “The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework supports the growing digital economy on both sides of the Atlantic, while ensuring the...
Public Event: PrivacyCon
January 14, 2016
The Federal Trade Commission held a conference on January 14, 2016 to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders, including whitehat researchers, academics, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and government regulators, to discuss the latest research and trends related to consumer...
Case: Craig Brittain, In the Matter of
Report: Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues (FTC Report)
Public Event: Cross-Device Tracking
November 16, 2015
Not long ago, consumers accessed the Internet primarily through the browser on their desktop or laptop PC. While the PC remains a fixture for many, today’s typical consumer relies on a variety of different connected devices to navigate their daily lives. Examples include consulting a traffic app on...
Case: Roca Labs, Inc.
Case: Nomi Technologies, Inc., In the Matter of
Case: TES Franchising, LLC, In the Matter of
Case: American International Mailing, Inc., In the Matter of
Report: Federal Trade Commission Staff Report On the November 2013 Workshop Entitled The Internet of Things: Privacy and Security in a Connected World
Case: Snapchat, Inc., In the Matter of
Case: Sitesearch Corporation, Doing Business As LeapLab
Report: What's the Deal? A Federal Trade Commission Study on Mobile Shopping Apps (August 2014)
Public Statement: Comment Filed By Jessica Rich, Discussing How Developments In "Big Data" Affect Consumer Privacy and the Interests Reflected in the Administration's Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
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Staff Letter
Case: PDB Sports, Ltd., d/b/a Denver Broncos Football Club, In the Matter of
Case: Level 3 Communications, LLC, In the Matter of
Report: Privacy & Data Security Update (2013)
An overview of the FTC’s enforcement, policy initiatives, and consumer outreach and business guidance in the areas of privacy and data security, from January 2013-March 2014.
Report: Data Brokers: A Call For Transparency and Accountability: A Report of the Federal Trade Commission (May 2014)
Public Event: Spring Privacy Series: Consumer Generated and Controlled Health Data
May 7, 2014
On May 7, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission staff hosted a seminar on Consumer Generated and Controlled Health Data. The seminar addressed the increasing role consumers are taking in managing and generating their own health data. For example, consumers are researching their health conditions and...
Press Release: FTC to Examine Effects of Big Data on Low Income and Underserved Consumers at September Workshop
The Federal Trade Commission will host a public workshop entitled “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” in Washington on Sept. 15, 2014, to further explore the use of “big data” and its impact on American consumers, including low income and underserved consumers. “A growing number of...
Public Statement: Letter From Jessica L. Rich, Director of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection, to Erin Egan, Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook, and to Anne Hoge, General Counsel, WhatsApp Inc.
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Staff Letter
Case: Goldenshores Technologies, LLC, and Erik M. Geidl, In the Matter of
Public Event: Spring Privacy Series: Alternative Scoring Products
March 19, 2014
On March 19, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission staff hosted a seminar on Alternative Scoring Products. The speakers described a variety of predictive analytics products offered by many data brokers to predict trends and consumer behavior in a variety of contexts, ranging from identity verification...

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