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The FTC Is Rewriting the Rules of the Internet, Just in Time for the AI Sea Change

June 16, 2023

Thomas Germain

There’s a widespread misconception about whether or not federal law protects your privacy. It doesn’t, at least not explicitly. Congress has managed to squander a decade’s worth of bipartisan agreement about the internet’s data problems. In the absence…
Read more: The FTC Is Rewriting the Rules of the Internet, Just in Time for the AI Sea Change
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Amazon Settles FTC’s Ring and Alexa Privacy Lawsuits for $31 Million

May 31, 2023

Thomas Germain

Amazon settled two different privacy cases with the Federal Trade Commission for just under $31 million Wednesday, agreeing to penalties for violating children’s privacy with its Alexa smart speakers and exposing Ring smart doorbell users videos to eve…
Read more: Amazon Settles FTC’s Ring and Alexa Privacy Lawsuits for $31 Million
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FTC Accuses Defunct Edtech Company Edmodo of Violating Kids’ Privacy

May 23, 2023

Thomas Germain

The Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed $6 million settlement with education technology company Edmodo Tuesday for collecting data from kids without parental consent and using it to sell ads in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Prote…
Read more: FTC Accuses Defunct Edtech Company Edmodo of Violating Kids’ Privacy
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Creepshow: FTC Fines Premom for Handing Period Data to Chinese Companies and Google

May 18, 2023

Thomas Germain

If you’re looking to get pregnant, you can punch data about your periods into an app called Premom, which tells you when you’re ovulating. But why keep the news to yourself? The good folks at Premom know a bunch of advertising companies who’d love to k…
Read more: Creepshow: FTC Fines Premom for Handing Period Data to Chinese Companies and Google
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Democrats’ New Bill Could Be the First Real US Privacy Law

March 3, 2023

Thomas Germain

A bill introduced Thursday in response to the reversal of Roe v. Wade would enshrine first-of-its kind protections for location data and health information. If it passes, it has the potential to be one of the most significant privacy laws in American h…
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FTC Set to Fine BetterHelp $7.8 Million for Sending Facebook Your Mental Health Data

March 2, 2023

Thomas Germain

The Federal Trade Commission is poised to ban the mental health app BetterHelp from sharing medical information with Facebook, Snapchat, and other online advertisers. A proposed order issued Thursday includes a $7.8 million fine and limits the ways Bet…
Read more: FTC Set to Fine BetterHelp $7.8 Million for Sending Facebook Your Mental Health Data
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Data Brokers Are Selling Long Lists of People With Depression and Anxiety

February 13, 2023

Thomas Germain

Looking for lists of people with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, or OCD? No problem. There are lots of companies who would love to sell it to you. They can even include names, emails, home addresses, income, ethnicity, and details about pe…
Read more: Data Brokers Are Selling Long Lists of People With Depression and Anxiety
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Hospitals Sell Your Medical Data to Advertisers. A New Lawsuit Wants to Hold One Accountable.

February 8, 2023

Thomas Germain

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the 886-bed hospital where I was born in Los Angeles, has a privacy problem. If you head to the Cedars website today you’ll be greeted by six ad trackers and 17 third-party cookies—according to the Markup’s Backlight tool—a…
Read more: Hospitals Sell Your Medical Data to Advertisers. A New Lawsuit Wants to Hold One Accountable.
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An FTC Power Grab Could Save Your Medical Secrets

February 3, 2023

Thomas Germain

Want to save money on drugs? You could head to GoodRx.com. Type in the name of a medication, and the company will give you a coupon to use at a pharmacy. But there’s a little problem, one that GoodRx forgot to tell its customers about. Going back to at…
Read more: An FTC Power Grab Could Save Your Medical Secrets
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FTC slaps $1.5M fine on GoodRx for sharing users’ health data with Facebook and Google

February 1, 2023

Zack Whittaker

Online pharmacy GoodRx has agreed to pay $1.5 million in civil penalties for years of sharing the health information of consumers with third parties like Facebook, Google, and Criteo for advertising purposes, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday. In a complaint filed in a California federal court, the FTC accused the healthcare and telemedicine giant…
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