Influencer marketing is the popular practice of using individuals with large social media audiences—known as "influencers"—to advertise products and services through their social media accounts....more
10/4/2017
/ Advertising ,
Brand ,
Celebrity Endorsements ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Endorsements ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Endorsement Guidelines ,
Influencers ,
Instagram ,
Marketing ,
Misrepresentation ,
Online Endorsements ,
Snapchat ,
Social Media ,
Twitter ,
Websites ,
YouTube
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released an updated version of its guidance on complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) on June 21, 2017. Companies that collect personal information from...more
7/3/2017
/ COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Notice Requirements ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Websites
In its latest effort to address security concerns about Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has submitted public comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's...more
If you or your third-party providers are engaged in cross-device tracking, you must adequately disclose the practice to your end users, provide them control over their information, and exercise care when collecting sensitive...more
1/26/2017
/ Advertising ,
Data Collection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Marketing ,
Mobile Devices ,
Section 5 ,
Technology ,
Tracking Systems ,
Transparency ,
Web Tracking
A goal of providing effective disclosures to consumers is to allow consumers to make informed decisions. But what must be done to make disclosures effective? This was the question the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) explored...more
9/27/2016
/ Advertising ,
Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
Native Advertising ,
Popular ,
Social Media ,
Social Networks ,
Tracking Systems ,
Video Games ,
Warner Brothers Entertainment
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an Opinion and Final Order finding that the data security practices of LabMD, Inc. were unreasonable, and therefore constituted an unfair act or practice in violation of Section 5...more
8/15/2016
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
File Sharing ,
FTC Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
LabMD ,
Likelihood of Harm ,
p2p ,
Popular ,
Section 5
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued orders to obtain information about the process by which businesses audit their compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) and the role of such...more
The European Commission (EC) has released details of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, a new framework under which personal data may be transferred from the European Union (EU) to the United States. The Privacy Shield replaces the...more
The European Commission (EC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce have reached an agreement to create a framework for transfers of personal data from the European Union to the United States. The framework, named the EU-U.S....more
A new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report, "Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues," warns that certain uses of big data consisting of consumer information may implicate various federal...more
The FTC has announced enforcement actions against two app developers that allegedly violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by using persistent identifiers to serve advertising to children. The...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has held that the EU Commission's decision establishing the Safe Harbor data transfer framework is invalid because the Commission failed to determine that the protection...more
10/8/2015
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
In a landmark decision that threatens to undo the process by which American companies handle personal data flowing from the European Union, the Advocate General (AG) of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued an advisory...more
10/1/2015
/ Advocate General ,
Better Business Bureau ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Transfers ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
PRISM Program ,
Safe Harbors ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework