JD Supra

FTC Staff Report Warns of Privacy Risks in Social Media Companies’ AI Practices — AI: The Washington Report

On September 19, 2024, the FTC released a Staff Report on the data collection and data use practices of large social media and video streaming service (SMVSS) platforms. The Report describes how these ...
JD Supra

Amid Pushback, the FTC Issues Anticipated Report on Data Practices of Social Media and Video Streaming Services

While all five FTC commissioners voted to issue the Report, both Republican commissioners also issued separate statements expressing concerns about specific aspects of the Report. In a separately ...
WPBF

FTC: Amount of data collected by large corporations is 'staggering'

KING, WPBF 25 NEWS. NEW AT SIX. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION IS BLASTING VIDEO STREAMING COMPANIES AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES IN A NEW REPORT, IT CLAIMS THE COMPANIES HAVE INADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS FOR KIDS ...
MobiHealthNews

FTC suggests stronger data privacy law, HIPAA not enough for health data

This week the Federal Trade Commission published a report focused on privacy and security issues related to the massive Internet of Things (IoT) trend, which includes the growing number of connected ...
Becker's Hospital Review

FTC may be investigating 23andMe, other DTC genetic testing firms over data privacy

The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly investigating various direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies, including market giants 23andMe and Ancestry.com, over concerns related to data sharing ...
adexchanger

The FTC Thinks Data Clean Rooms May Have A Few Dusty Corners

The Federal Trade Commission published a blog post last week warning companies that using a data clean room isn’t some kind of get-out-of-compliance-free card. And the first paragraph is a doozy. “Don ...
Retail TouchPoints

FTC Accuses Social Media Services of ‘Vast’ User Surveillance, Lax Privacy Protections

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a damning new report on the data collection and use practices of Twitch, Meta, YouTube, X, Snap, TikTok, Discord, Reddit and WhatsApp. The findings ...
adexchanger

FTC Consumer Protection Chief: No Easy Answers On Privacy, ‘Only Trade-Offs’

Chris Mufarrige, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, speaking at the NAD annual conference in Washington, DC on Sept. 17, 2025. (Photo: Brian O ...
Yahoo

FTC takes action against companies accused of unlawfully tracking and selling location data

The Federal Trade Commission headquarters in Washington. The Federal Trade Commission announced that it is taking action against two location data companies after it said that they unlawfully tracked ...
WXYZ

FTC says Amazon used an algorithm to raise prices on other sites

The antitrust case is the most aggressive move the government has taken to tame the market power of Seattle-based Amazon. Amazon used a secret algorithm that essentially helped the company raise ...
KSL

FTC commissioner talks data privacy at Utah Consumer Protection Symposium

SALT LAKE CITY — Since the rise of artificial intelligence, people, businesses and governments across the world have been grappling with what it means for a variety of reasons. One of the biggest ...