Federal Trade Commission
FTC Puts Online Marketplaces on Notice About Their Responsibilities Under the New INFORM Consumers Act
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent letters to 50 online marketplaces nationwide notifying them about their obligation to comply with the new Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act – or the INFORM Consumers Act – as soon as it takes effect on June 27, 2023. “The INFORM Consumers Act requires online marketplaces to protect consumers from counterfeit, unsafe, and stolen goods by verifying their high-volume third-party sel
$20 million FTC settlement addresses Microsoft Xbox illegal collection of kids’ data: A game changer for COPPA compliance (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 06/06/2023 - 06:15FTC Will Require Microsoft to Pay $20 million over Charges it Illegally Collected Personal Information from Children without The (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 06/06/2023 - 06:14FTC Says Ring Employees Illegally Surveilled Customers, Failed to Stop Hackers from Taking Control of Users' Cameras (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 14:54FTC and DOJ Charge Amazon with Violating Children’s Privacy Law (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 14:53FTC Says Ed Tech Provider Edmodo Unlawfully Used Children’s Personal Information for Advertising and Outsourced Compliance to Sc (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 05/23/2023 - 06:23
FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed changes to the agency’s 2020 privacy order with Facebook after alleging that the company has failed to fully comply with the order, misled parents about their ability to control with whom their children communicated through its Messenger Kids app, and misrepresented the access it provided some app developers to private user data. As part of the proposed changes, Meta, which changed its name from Facebook in October 2021, would be prohibited from profiting from data it collects, including through its virtual reality products, from users under the a
Joint Statement on Enforcement Efforts Against Discrimination and Bias in Automated Systems
America’s commitment to the core principles of fairness, equality, and justice are deeply