Case Study
Facebook Lauded for Fighting Government Secrecy Demand
Facebook was lauded after going to court in 2017 to fight a federal gag order that...+ Read more
Software company Avast has been forced to pay $16.5 million and stop selling or licensing web browsing data for advertising purposes to settle FTC charges that the company revealed “extraordinarily sensitive information” from its users without consent or notice, when it had advertised its products as private. This FTC action reinforces that people’s online browsing records are sensitive information subject to privacy protections and the importance of companies properly protecting this information.