Following up on the FTC’s February 1 announcement about its enforcement action against GoodRx, the Department of Justice announced yesterday: The Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced today that the government has resolved allegations that GoodRx Holdings Inc., doing business as GoodRx Gold, GoodRx Care, and Hey Doctor (GoodRx), violated…
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Thoughts on Dubin v. United States and the Aggravated Identity Theft Statute
Law professor Orin Kerr writes: On February 27, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Dubin v. United States, a case on the Aggravated Identity Theft Statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A. This statute comes up often in the context of computer crimes, and its interpretation raises some interesting and important questions. So I thought I would blog…
Department of Education to Enforce Revised Cybersecurity Requirements and Expands Interpretation of “Third-Party Servicer” Definition
Duane Morris writes: The Department of Education has issued an electronic notice relating to the updated cybersecurity regulations published by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). On December 9, 2021, the FTC amended the Safeguards Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). This comprehensive amendment updated data security requirements for financial institutions, including all Title IV institutions of higher…
Updates to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Cybersecurity Requirements
POSTED DATE: February 09, 2023 AUTHOR: Federal Student Aid ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT ID: GENERAL-23-09 SUBJECT: Updates to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Cybersecurity Requirements On December 9, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued final regulations (Final Rule) to amend the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (Safeguards Rule), an important component of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s (GLBA) requirements for protecting the…
A Tale of Two Breach Notification Rules
Matt Fisher writes: The early days of February 2023 saw two very different settlements announced related to healthcare data breaches. One arguably follows a well-known course and the other could be a sign of things to come. After having a health breach notification rule on the books since 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) had…
FTC Enforcement Action to Bar GoodRx from Sharing Consumers’ Sensitive Health Info for Advertising
The Federal Trade Commission has taken enforcement action for the first time under its Health Breach Notification Rule against the telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc., for failing to notify consumers and others of its unauthorized disclosures of consumers’ personal health information to Facebook, Google, and other companies. In a first-of-its-kind proposed…