James Yoon of Covington & Burling writes: On January 6, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued a California-based mortgage broker for allegedly disclosing the personal information of customers who left negative Yelp reviews, and filed a settlement of the claims. According to the complaint, Ramon Walker is the owner and operator of Mortgage Solutions FCS, Inc., a…
Category: Govt
Drivers’ license data sold to businesses, given to Feds
Papers, Please! writes: As we start the year of the once-a-decade US Census, it’s an appropriate time to start looking at some of the ways and the purposes for which data — including drivers license data — is used and shared by the Bureau of the Census. State agencies that issue drivers’ licenses want us…
Canada Signals Overhaul of Data Privacy
From Hunton Andrews Kurth: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signaled his intent to overhaul data privacy within Canada. Prime Minister Trudeau recently sent a Mandate Letter to Navdeep Bains, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, that contained a number of mandates with respect to data privacy. Specifically, the Mandate Letter states that Minister Bains is…
House Energy and Commerce Committee Circulates Draft Privacy Bill Expanding FTC Authority
James Yoon of Covington & Burling writes: On December 18, 2019, staffers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee circulated a draft of a bipartisan privacy bill. The draft is currently unnamed and unfinished, but it lays out a comprehensive framework that expands both individuals’ rights to their data and the FTC’s enforcement role over…