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

FTC Report highlights agency’s competition concerns related to data collection and usage

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a report summarizing the findings from its nearly four-year study of the data collection and use practices of certain social media and video streaming ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Entrepreneur

Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp All ‘Engaged in Vast Surveillance’ to Earn Billions, According to the FTC

After almost four years, the Federal Trade Commission released a 129-page report on Thursday that looked into how social media companies monetize users’ personal data. The agency found that the ...
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 ...
Reuters

FTC Chair warns tech firms not to weaken data privacy to comply with EU, UK laws

Aug 21 (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission warned Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab, Alphabet (GOOGL.O), opens new tab, and other technology companies on Thursday that efforts to ...

FTC Orders Ed Tech Firm to Secure Data After Student Data Breach

Education technology provider Illuminate Education Inc. will implement a data security program to settle Federal Trade ...
Ars Technica

FTC: 23andMe buyer must honor firm’s privacy promises for genetic data

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he’s keeping an eye on 23andMe’s bankruptcy proceeding and the company’s planned sale because of privacy concerns related to genetic testing data ...
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FTC extends data broker crackdown as Khan’s term nears likely end

Happy Tuesday! Thanks for waking up from your turkey-induced coma to check out our newsletter. Send news tips to: [email protected]. Below: Meta’s global affairs chief says AI played a ...