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FTC: Privacy & Data Security Update: 2017

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Dissent

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its Privacy & Data Security Update: 2017. The report is organized by major privacy enforcement actions in 2017, data security enforcement in 2017, and other topics of significant concern such as fair credit reporting, children’s online privacy and do not call.

Apart from the Lenovo, Uber, and D-Link cases, the FTC secured a number of important enforcement settlements in 2017. See how many cases you didn’t even know about and/or get caught up.

You can access the full, and free, report here (pdf).

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