On February 1, 2020, the Italian Data Protection Authority announced that it had levied a fine of 27.8 Million Euros on TIM S.p.A., a telecommunications company, for several unlawful marketing data processing practices.
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Facebook Agrees to Landmark 550 Million Dollar Settlement in BIPA Class Action
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Facebook disclosed on January 29, 2020, that it has agreed to pay 550 million dollars to resolve a biometric privacy class action filed by Illinois users under the Biometric Information Privacy Act.…
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FTC Finalizes Five Privacy Shield Settlements
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On January 16, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced that settlements with five companies of separate allegations that they had falsely claimed certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework had been finalized.…
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Mortgage Broker Settles FTC Privacy Charges That It Improperly Disclosed Consumer Information on Review Site
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As reported on our Hunton Retail Law Resource blog, on January 7, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Mortgage Solutions FCS, Inc., and its sole principal, Ramon Walker, to resolve allegations that the lender violated the FTC Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, by improperly disseminating consumers’ personal information on Yelp in response to consumers’ negative reviews posted to that site.…
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South Korean Court Imposes Personal Liability on Privacy Officer for Data Breach
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According to MLex, on January 6, 2020, the Seoul Eastern District Court found Kim Jin-Hwan, a privacy officer of the South Korean travel agency Hana Tour Service Inc., guilty of negligence in failing to prevent a 2017 data breach that affected over 465,000 customers of the agency and 29,000 Hana Tour employees.…
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FTC Finalizes Settlement with InfoTrax for Failure to Safeguard Consumer Data
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On January 6, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it granted final approval to a settlement with InfoTrax Systems, L.C. and its former CEO, Mark Rawlins, related to allegations that InfoTrax failed to implement reasonable, low-cost and readily available security safeguards to protect the personal information the company maintained on behalf of its business clients.
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OCR’s Second Settlement Under HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
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On December 12, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced its second enforcement action and settlement under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative.…
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FTC Issues Final Order in Cambridge Analytica Case
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The Federal Trade Commission announced its Final Order and Opinion in the matter of Cambridge Analytica, LLC, finding that Cambridge Analytica violated the FTC Act’s Section 5 prohibition against “unfair or deceptive acts or practices” when harvesting personal information.…
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Four Companies Settle FTC Allegations Related to Privacy Shield Misrepresentations
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On December 3, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had reached settlements in four separate Privacy Shield cases. …
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CNIL Fines French Construction Company for Infringements When Placing Marketing Voice-to-Voice Calls
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On November 26, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority announced that it had levied a fine of €500,000 on Futura Internationale for various infringements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.…
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