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p>The new acting FTC chair, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, recently signaled
that the FTC may increase enforcement and penalties in the privacy
and data security realm. Slaughter pointed to several areas of
focus for the FTC this year, which companies will want to keep in
mind:
Notifying Consumers About FTC Allegations:
Slaughter referred favorably to two recent cases: (1) the Everalbum
biometric settlement from earlier this year (which we wrote about at
the time); and (2) the Flo Health settlement over alleged deceptive
data sharing practices (which we also wrote about
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The new acting FTC chair, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, recently signaled that the FTC may increase enforcement and penalties in the privacy and data security realm. Slaughter pointed to several areas of focus for the FTC this year, which companies will want to keep in mind:
Notifying Consumers About FTC Allegations: Slaughter referred favorably to two recent cases: (1) the Everalbum biometric settlement from earlier this year (which we wrote about at the time); and (2) the Flo Health settlement over alleged deceptive data sharing practices (which we also wrote about at the time). In drawing on these two cases, Slaughter indicated that in future cases the FTC intends to include as part of any settlement a requirement to notify customers of any FTC allegations. This, she said, would allow consumers to “vote with their feet” and help them decide whether to recommend their services to others.
The new acting FTC chair, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, recently signaled that the FTC may increase enforcement and penalties in the privacy and data security realm.