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data brokers
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Inside Privacy
FTC to Study Data Broker Industry’s Collection and Use of Consumer Data
Less than a week after the Bi-Partisan Congressional Caucus’s briefing on data brokers and privacy, the Federal Trade Commission has issued orders requiring nine data brokerage companies to provide the…
Data Counsel
Rep. Markey to Data-Brokers: Let’s Start with Kids, Then Tackle Data Privacy for the Rest
In a briefing convened by the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus December 13, 2012, co-chairs Ed Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton (R-TX) tried to advance their agenda of enhancing children’s online…
Inside Privacy
Lawmakers Release Results of Inquiry Into Data Brokerage Firms
Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Joe Barton (R-TX), and other Members of Congress recently expressed disappointment that responses to letters that they had sent to nine data brokerage firms offered…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
FTC Continues Push Against Data Brokers
As we have referenced in previous posts, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an aggressive push against data brokers and credit reporting agencies in its enforcement of the rules…
Socially Aware Blog
The FTC’s Spokeo Settlement Highlights Social Media-Related Legal Risks
By Julie O'Neill, Nathan Salminen
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently reached an $800,000 settlement with the data broker Spokeo, Inc. ("Spokeo"). The FTC’s complaint alleged violations not normally seen together: First, that Spokeo distributed…
Inside Privacy
Congressmen Seek Information from Leading “Data Brokers”
Last week, a group of eight House members sent letters to nine “major data brokerage companies,” seeking detailed information about “the business of data brokerage,” which the Congressmen described as…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Congress Investigates Data Brokers’ Use of Consumer Information
On July 24, 2012, a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent letters to nine major data brokerage companies requesting information on how the companies collect, assemble and sell consumer information to…
Health Law Prof Blog
Congress, Privacy, and Data Brokers
I can't resist a second post today. A bipartisan group of Congressional representatives have just sent letters to nine major data brokers: Acxiom, Epsilon (Alliance Data Systems), Equifax, Experian, Harte-Hanks,…
Employee Benefits Blog
FTC: Employers Who Buy Profiles from Data Brokers to Supply Profiles on Applicants or Employees Must Comply with the FCRA
by Jennifer S. Geetter, Heather Egan Sussman and Carla A. R. Hine We recently released a Hot Topic that details the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) settlement with Spokeo, Inc. Spokeo…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Details on FTC Recommendation of Legislation to Address Practices of Information Brokers
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
In the report issued by the FTC yesterday, the FTC calls on Congress to consider enacting targeted legislation to provide greater transparency for, and control over, the practices of information…