In a new policy statement, the FTC vowed to combat deceptive practices tied to biometric data collection and marketing, while proposing to tighten its FTC Health Breach Notification Rule.
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday made a few bold moves to ramp up its oversight of data privacy. They include issuing a notice of proposed amendments to its
The company behind a popular fertility app has agreed to pay USD 200,000 in federal and state fines after authorities alleged that it had shared users personal health information for years without their consent, including to Google and to two companies based in China, according to CNN Business.
Get latest articles and stories on Business at LatestLY. The app, known as Premom, will also be banned from sharing personal health information for advertising purposes. It must ensure that the data it shared without users consent is deleted from third-party systems, according to the Federal Trade Commission Business News | Fertility App Slapped USD 200,000 for Leaking Customer s Health Data in US.