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Oct 23, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Kathleen Benway |Alexander Brown |Graham Gardner
Our Consumer Protection/FTC Team breaks down the newly effective Federal Trade Commission final rule prohibiting misleading online reviews.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Kathleen Benway
Our Consumer Protection/FTC and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy teams unpack Starwood Hotels’ and Marriott International’s settlements with the Federal Trade Commission and Marriott’s settlement with state attorneys general over three data breaches.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Kathleen Benway |Alexander Brown |Graham Gardner
Our Consumer Protection/FTC and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy teams unpack Starwood Hotels’ and Marriott International’s settlements with the Federal Trade Commission and Marriott’s settlement with state attorneys general over three data breaches.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Kathleen Benway |Alexander Brown |Andrew Mueller
Since ChatGPT debuted in November 2022, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm. Businesses everywhere appear to be embracing AI or advertising new AI-powered products that guarantee impressive results. As AI has become seemingly ubiquitous in the marketplace, so too have claims around AI’s promise to improve peoples’ lives through automation and problem solving.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alysa Austin |Kristen Bartolotta |Kathleen Benway
The revamped Health Breach Notification Rule by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took effect on July 29, 2024, expanding consumer privacy protections to the users of online health platforms and health and wellness apps. Our Consumer Protection/FTC Team digs into the rule’s impact on the digital health sector.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
law.com | Alex Brown |Kathleen Benway |Andrew Mueller
In June 2023, the Federal Trade Commission took two major steps toward stricter policing of potentially misleading endorsements and testimonials. First, the FTC published the final version of its revised Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. While not legally enforceable, the guides advise businesses on advertising practices the FTC deems deceptive and actionable under Section 5 of the FTC Act. Want to continue reading?
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Kathleen Benway |Hyun Oh
Our Consumer Protection/FTC and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy teams review how the Federal Trade Commission’s proposal to amend the COPPA Rule would to create significant operational changes for website operators.
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Lance Taubin |Kimberly Peretti |Katherine Doty Hanniford |Kathleen Benway
With an amendment to its Safeguards Rule, the Federal Trade
Commission has joined other federal agencies regulating
cybersecurity breaches. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team
analyzes how the amendment will affect nonbanking financial
institutions and how it dovetails – and conflicts –
with myriad other federal and state data breach notification
regulations.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Kathleen Benway |Katherine Doty Hanniford |Amy Mushahwar
With an amendment to its Safeguards Rule, the Federal Trade Commission has joined other federal agencies regulating cybersecurity breaches. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team analyzes how the amendment will affect nonbanking financial institutions and how it dovetails – and conflicts – with myriad other federal and state data breach notification regulations.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Kimberly Peretti |Katherine Doty Hanniford |Amy Mushahwar |Kathleen Benway
On October 27, 2023, the FTC approved an amendment to the Safeguards Rule (the
"Amendment") requiring that non-banking financial
institutions notify the FTC in the event of a defined
"Notification Event" where customer information of 500 or
more individuals was subject to unauthorized acquisition. The
Amendment becomes effective 180 days after publication in the
Federal Register.
