LifeLock, an identity theft and data protection company, has reached a tentative proposed settlement with the FTC regarding deceptive marketing claims.
Privacy and security attorney Ron Raether, a partner at the law firm Troutman Sanders LLP, says that it appears, based on what LifeLock disclosed so far, that the FTC may not be demanding additional
Even high-tech companies with substantial in-house technical expertise may not be dealing with the most common type of cyber vulnerability. As technology geeks, we find it more interesting to talk about firewalls, proxy servers, router security, mobile device management, anonymization of data, encryption and the like. But technical security is not enough. Companies need to
On October 29, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a complaint in the Southern District of California against Global Financial Support, Inc. and its owner and CEO, Armond Aria, for allegedly engaging in a nationwide student financial aid scam.
The Bureau claims that Defendants violated the UDAAP provisions of the Consumer Financial Protection Act when
On October 22, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray delivered prepared remarks to the Consumer Advisory Board. At the meeting, Cordray discussed arbitration and issues relating to non-English or limited English–speaking consumers.
The issue of arbitration, however, was at the forefront of the discussion. As we previously reported, the CFPB intends
Effective October 27, under the New York City Fair Chance Act, employers can inquire about a potential employee’s criminal record only after a conditional offer of employment is made. The Act further requires that employers provide a written copy of the inquiry, the employer’s analysis, and any supporting documentation to applicants once such a
In July 2015, several companies that were the targets of non-public Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigations sued the Bureau after it refused to allow their current counsel to attend the Bureau’s investigative testimony of one of the companies’ former attorneys. The companies wanted one of their current attorneys to attend the testimony and assert the
On Monday, the European Union said it had reached an agreement in principle with the United States on a revised safe harbor program for trans-Atlantic data flow, following the recent Schrems decision before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Although the specifics remain to be worked out, organizations should brace themselves for likely
On October 19, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against Charter Communications, Inc., alleging violations of federal and state telemarketing and “do-not-call” laws. Koster claims that his office received 350 complaints from consumers “about harassing practices by Charter’s telemarketers …
On September 8, the United States Solicitor General requested leave from the U.S. Supreme Court to participate in oral argument in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, as amicus curiae. The Supreme Court granted the United States’ request and will now allow the U.S. to chime in on a threshold constitutional standing issue at oral argument.
On October 20, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit delivered its opinion in Ybarra v. DISH Network, LLC (“DISH”), a case involving alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits callers from using an automatic telephone dialer system (“ATDS”) and delivering messages with an “artificial or prerecorded voice” without