07.09.19
In a win for self-regulation, eight months after referring a matter involving Instagram posts for Alo Yoga to the FTC, the Electronic Retailing Self-Regulation Program (ERSP) secured the company’s agreement to modify the posts to bring them into compliance with the FTC’s Endorsement ...
Product disclosures for Owlet Baby Care’s Smart Sock baby monitor should be modified to make clear to consumers the “information-gathering nature of the device,” the National Advertising Division (NAD) recommended in a new decision.
Delta Air Lines scored a victory when a California federal court granted the company’s motion to dismiss a putative class action based on a data breach, primarily by arguing that its publicly posted privacy policy is not a contract and Delta did not have any enforceable obligation to keep the ...
06.28.19
On May 31, 2019, Utah released a draft Section 1115 waiver application, the Per Capita Cap Demonstration, for public comment.
06.27.19
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters to four companies that manufacture and market flavored e-cigarettes, expressing concern about their influencer marketing practices on social media.
An Iowa tech company reached a deal with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle allegations that the company’s poor data security practices resulted in a breach that exposed the personal information of millions of consumers.
Pricing problems will cost Dollar General $1.75 million in a settlement with the Vermont attorney general.
Changes to Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines are facing backlash from developers across a variety of industries.
06.20.19
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) doubled down on actions based on Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA) violations and issued administrative complaints alleging that two vacation rental companies and their owners used illegal nondisparagement clauses in their contracts.
States continue to push forward with privacy laws, with new statutes in Nevada and Maine and a proposal currently pending in New York, which would impose requirements similar to those found in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).