FTC Accuses Data Broker of Selling Sensitive Location Data August 31, 2022 By Marcy Gordon Federal regulators have sued a data broker they accuse of selling sensitive geolocation data from millions of mobile devices, information...
Why Law Firms Like Facebook to Track Down Medical Victims May 27, 2015 By Doni Bloomfield and Shannon Pettypiece For ambulance chasers, persistence and a phone book just don’t cut it anymore. Law firms, which once relied on television...
FTC Calls for Consumer Disclosure by Data Brokers May 28, 2014 By Alina Selyukh Companies known as data brokers collect and sell information about “nearly all” U.S. consumers, drawing potentially harmful conclusions about them...
FTC: Online Background Check Firms May Be Violating Fair Credit Law May 9, 2013 By Anne Flaherty Federal regulators this week warned several companies that the quick, easy background checks they are providing online might violate the...