14 articles on FTC — privacy laws, security frameworks, and regulatory compliance.
On June 30, 2026, the FTC announced that Amazon will pay $2.25 million — the largest penalty ever secured under FCRA Section 609(e) — for knowingly re...
The FTC's long-running case against data broker Kochava ended in a sweeping ban on selling sensitive location data without affirmative express consent...
The SCREEN Act (S.737 / H.R.1623) would impose a federal age-verification mandate on platforms that host or profit from content harmful to minors, ban...
On June 3, 2026, X Corp. petitioned the FTC to set aside or modify the long-running Twitter privacy consent order — the 2022 decree that carried a $15...
On June 5, 2026, the FTC gave final approval to a 10-year information-security order against edtech provider Illuminate Education after a breach expos...
On June 3, 2026, the FTC opened a public comment period on X Corp.'s petition to set aside or modify the 2022 consent order that resolved Twitter's $1...
House Republicans released the SECURE Data Act in April 2026 — the most significant federal privacy bill since COPPA. Its sweeping preemption provisio...
The Federal Trade Commission settled with Cox Media Group and two co-defendants on May 21, 2026, for nearly $1 million over the company's promotion of...
On March 30, 2026, the FTC took action against OkCupid and parent company Match Group for sharing nearly three million user photos and location data w...
On May 4, 2026, the FTC settled its four-year case against data broker Kochava and subsidiary Collective Data Solutions, permanently banning them from...
The 2026 HIPAA Security Rule final update is expected in May with a 180-day compliance window. 42 CFR Part 2 enforcement began February 16, 2026. The ...
In 2014, OkCupid secretly shared three million user photos and location data with facial recognition AI company Clarifai — whose founders OkCupid exec...
H.R. 8250, the 'Parents Decide Act,' would require every operating system in the United States to collect date of birth from every user, verify parent...
The FTC's updated COPPA rule reaches its full compliance deadline on April 22, 2026. New obligations cover biometric identifiers as personal informati...