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Careful! Your Company May Be a Defacto Data Broker: Are Privacy Regulators Going for Broke(rs) as part of the 2014 Legislative and Privacy Enforcement Agenda?

By Pamela Jones Harbour on January 10, 2014 Posted in Enforcement, Federal Legislation

Concerns about privacy practices in the data broker industry, and the privacy implications about the lack of transparency “behind-the-scenes,” will remain a topic of intense regulatory and legislative focus in 2014. The Federal Trade Commission has defined “data brokers” as companies that collect personal information about consumers from a variety of public and non-public sources … Continue Reading

FTC Issues Final Report with Guidance on Companies’ Online Privacy Practices

By Craig A. Hoffman on April 3, 2012 Posted in Children’s Privacy, Enforcement, Federal Legislation, Online Privacy

Fifteen months after releasing its preliminary report, the Federal Trade Commission released its final Report, “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Business and Policymakers.” The much anticipated final report went further than the preliminary report by now calling for Congress to enact general privacy, data security and breach … Continue Reading