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Broker Face: The Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act Creates New High Stakes Federal Data Broker Requirements

On April 24, 2024, Congress made headlines by passing a complex foreign aid package, which included the much-discussed TikTok “divest-or-ban” legislation. What received less attention…

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Don’t Call It a Breach Rule: FTC Health Breach Notification Rule Has Been Here for Years, Now Updated to Serve as a Backdoor Privacy Regulation

As our loyal Practical Privacy readers may remember, back in December of 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) began…

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Sense and Sensitivity: Latest FTC Enforcement Actions Continue Focus on Sensitive Health Data

We’ve talked before about the FTC’s focus on consumer health privacy. In cases against BetterHelp and GoodRx, a…

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A Million Here, A Million There: Avast Sets the Record for the Highest Monetary Remedy for FTC Act Privacy Violations

According to Chair Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recent action against Avast Limited and its subsidiaries for $16.5 million is…

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FTC Gives it to X-Mode: 5 Lessons from the Agency’s Latest Consumer Location Data Case

The FTC announced an action last week against location data broker X-Mode Social and its corporate successor Outlogic (collectively, “X-Mode”) based on several alleged…

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