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FTC Announces Operation Main Street Enforcement Initiative
By Richard B. Newman | | FTC
On June 18, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with a number of state Attorneys General, the New York Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, two U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Better Business Bureau, announced the results of Operation Main Street, an enforcement initiative aimed at operations that seek to defraud small businesses. The…
Court Grants Summary Judgment on ATDS Issue
By Richard B. Newman | | Telemarketing
The District of Arizona recently became one of the first courts in the nation to address the definition of an “automatic telephone dialing system’ (“ATDS”) following the recent D.C. Circuit ruling in ACA International v. FCC (D.C. Cir. 2018). In ACA, the D.C. Circuit, inter alia, rejected the FCC’s definition of ATDS. It held that…
Bitcoin Wallet Provider Receives BitLicense from the State of New York
By Richard B. Newman | | Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Despite its stringent laws pertaining to the crypto sector, reports are that cryptocurrency wallet and vault Xapo, Inc. has received a ‘BitLicense’ from the New York Department of Financial Services. DFS has also authorized Paxos Trust Company LLC, f/k/a itBit Trust Company, to offer exchange and custody services for Ether, Litecoin, Stellar Lumens and Bitcoin…
FTC Sweep Against Internet Business Coaching Model Continues
By Richard B. Newman | | FTC
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it has charged three individuals and nine businesses with generating more than $100M from thousands of consumers with an alleged fraudulent business education program called “My Online Business Education.” A federal court halted the scheme and froze the defendants’ assets at the FTC’s request. According to the Commission,…
Privacy and Data Security – FTC Loses Appeal Over Data Security Order
By Richard B. Newman | | FTC, Privacy and Data Security
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been increasingly more aggressive in terms of privacy and data security investigations and enforcement for more than a decade. In 2013, the FTC sued LabMD alleging that lax data security practices had resulted in the exposure of sensitive information about thousands of consumers. LabMD denied wrongdoing and argued that…
Vermont’s New Data Broker Law
By Richard B. Newman | | FTC, Privacy and Data Security
On May 22, 2018, the State of Vermont enacted the country’s first data broker law. As set forth by the new law, a data broker is defined as “a business, or unit or units of a business, separately or together, that knowingly collects and sells or licenses to third parties the brokered personal information of…
Table of Contents
- FTC Announces Operation Main Street Enforcement Initiative
- Court Grants Summary Judgment on ATDS Issue
- Bitcoin Wallet Provider Receives BitLicense from the State of New York
- FTC Sweep Against Internet Business Coaching Model Continues
- Privacy and Data Security – FTC Loses Appeal Over Data Security Order
- Vermont’s New Data Broker Law
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