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• GM OnStar Settlement Reached With FTC Over Selling Private Driving Data

  January 21, 2025

  Michael Adams

  Federal regulators have banned GM and its OnStar subsidiary from providing customer driving data to any consumer reporting agencies for the next five years.

• Data Privacy at Facebook, Amazon and Other Major Social Media Platforms is “Woefully Inadequate”: FTC

  September 26, 2024

  Michael Adams

  New federal report indicates that children and teen’s online habits are often tracked and monetized by social media companies, without their parents’ consent.

• FTC Wants To Break Up JUUL, Altria After Discovering E-Cigarette Non-Competition Clause

  May 28, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The FTC is suing to end a collaborative agreement between JUUL and Altria, saying the companies struck an illegal deal which smothers competition.

• Lumosity Settlement To Result in $2 Million in Refunds Over False “Brain Training” Claims

  January 11, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  The FTC has reached a $2 million settlement with the creators of the Lumosity brain training website, resolving claims that the site made false and misleading claims about the benefits of their subscription-based site.