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From Big Data to Bacon to Bots: Who will be Under FTC’s Watchful Eye Next?
At last week’s Strata + Hadoop Worldwide Big Data Conference those “in the know” about all things Silicon Valley prophesized that “data is the new bacon.” Witty comparisons aside, there is no question that big data…
Tennessee to Require Breach Notification within 14 Days
Last week, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed into law SB 2005, which makes two amendments to the state’s data breach notification statute – effective July 1, 2016. With these amendments, Tennessee has joined a…
No Free Passes: FTC Highlights Health Privacy in Congressional Testimony
In testimony to a Congressional subcommittee last week, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director, Jessica Rich, explained the Commission's efforts to protect consumers' health data and repeated the Commission's…
FTC Requests Auditors’ Data on PCI Data Security Assessments
Earlier this week, the FTC issued orders to nine credit card and payment security auditors in an effort to gain insight into data security compliance auditing and its role in protecting consumers’ information and…
FTC Announces Settlement with ASUS over Insecure Routers and Cloud Services
Yesterday, the FTC announced that it had entered into a settlement agreement with Taiwan-based computer hardware manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc., resolving allegations that the company failed to take reasonable…