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The Federal Trade Commission’s willingness to exercise its enforcement authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act was evident again last week in its $800,000 settlement with data broker Spokeo, Inc., described in an FTC release as “the first Commission case to address the sale of Internet and social media data in the employment screening context.”
Five U.S. Senators have sent a letter to CFPB Director Cordray asking how the CFPB plans to address the problems with the CFPB’s internal controls and accounting systems identified in the Government Accountability Office’s report issued on May 21
The Federal Trade Commission is urging companies that collect and use consumer data to adopt the best practices described in its recently released final report on privacy titled “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations for Businesses and Policy Makers.”
The Obama administration’s recently released white paper outlines a consumer data privacy framework that would supplement existing laws and, as one of its four key elements, give the Federal Trade Commission a strengthened enforcement role
The Federal Trade Commission’s announcement on January 30, 2012, of its settlement with one of the nation’s largest debt buyers could provide more ammunition for attacks on collection actions initiated by debt collectors and debt buyers
