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FTC Alleges FinTech Provider Engaged in Dark Patterns, Concealed Fees for Cash Advances in Reaching $18 Million Settlement
The FTC yesterday filed a complaint and stipulated order against Bridge, It (dba “Brigit”), a fintech company that operates a personal finance mobile application that advertises cash advances to consumers. According to…
Safeguards Snafu? The Anomalous New Provision in the FTC’s Gramm-Leach-Bliley Safeguards Rule
Last week, the FTC announced that it had finalized its rulemaking to add data breach notification provisions to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Safeguards Rule. As expected, the new provisions require non-bank…
Health Data Coding Error Costs Inmediata $1.4 Million with AGs
We posted just last week about the Blackbaud multistate settlement, and as we have discussed, health privacy remains a hot topic and is already back in the news. On October 17th, 33 AGs led by Indiana, announced a…
California: Changes to Consumer Protection Authority
California has a new tool in the toolbox when it comes to remedies available for certain consumer protection law violations. The governor of California recently signed legislation adding the remedy of disgorgement for…
New Gmail Marketing Requirements Will Impact Most Advertisers
This month, Google announced that it would soon implement new requirements for “bulk senders” – defined as senders who send more than 5,000 messages to Gmail addresses in one day – that will likely impact most…