EEOC Kicks Off 2024 EEO-1 Data Collection: If Approved Portal To Open on May 20, 2025

Seyfarth Synopsis:  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has submitted its revised 2024 EEO-1 Component…

It’s Time For OSHA Electronic Reporting! Use OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA) to Submit Form 300A, Form 300, and Form 301 Data

Seyfarth Synopsis: Once again, employers are required to submit OSHA Forms 300, 301 and 300A online via…

FTC addresses Uber’s undisclosed data breach in new proposed order

In its August 2017 proposed consent agreement with Uber, the FTC alleged, among other things, that…

Data security settlement with service provider includes updated order provisions

The domino principle. The ripple effect. The butterfly phenomenon. Apply the analogy of your choice to…

Judge Denies Industry Challenge To Massachusetts Data Access Law

More than four years after an industry trade association first filed its challenge to a November…

Under COPPA, data deletion isn’t just a good idea. It’s the law.

Buckling up in the car is a precaution parents take to protect themselves and their children.…

Back to business #1: Where’s your data?

As many companies shift to an in-person workplace, you and your employees face the opportunities and…

USAA to pay $3.25 mIllion in data breach settlement

Settlement checks expected after final court approval on May 21, 2025 By Truman Lewis of ConsumerAffairs…

New FTC Data Spotlight highlights text scams that may target your business

According to the FTC’s latest Data Spotlight, text scam losses are skyrocketing. In 2024 people reported…

Out of the mouths of babes? FTC says Amazon kept kids’ Alexa voice data forever – even after parents ordered deletion

“Stop it!” Moms and Dads may have to repeat that instruction to their kids, but when…

COVID-19 report data “on the daily”

Every day, the FTC is collecting data, watching the numbers, and spotting the trends. We’re also…

FTC Data Spotlight on scammers impersonating Amazon: How businesses can reduce injury to consumers

The FTC has been warning consumers for years about impersonation scams – calls that falsely claim…

New FTC Data Show Top Text Message Scams of 2024; Overall Losses to Text Scams Hit $470 Million

New data from the Federal Trade Commission show that in 2024, consumers reported losing $470 million…

Lead generation: When the “product” is personal data

There’s been a lot of talk about “ping trees” and other activities associated with the lead…

Data Spotlight reveals what’s behind some of those social media ads

Sometimes being the “Home of . . .” is an honorific to be proud of. Kudos,…

Corporate boards: Don’t underestimate your role in data security oversight

For businesses in the middle of a global pandemic, there’s no such thing as “business as…

Data portability is the topic at September 22nd FTC workshop

Consumers have come to expect their devices to be portable, but what about their data? The…

FTC 2021 Data Book: Just the facts

In the old TV show Dragnet, Sergeant Joe Friday was famous for saying “Just the facts, ma’am.”…

New FTC Data Spotlight offers illuminating insights into impersonation scams

Is the person who contacted your employee really from the IRS or Social Security Administration? And…

Feds are investigating firms that use personal data to set prices

Mastercard and JPMorgan are among those getting questions from the FTC By Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairs…

New FTC Data Show a Big Jump in Reported Losses to Fraud to $12.5 Billion in 2024

Newly released Federal Trade Commission data show that consumers reported losing more than $12.5 billion to…

California Legislature Passes Generative AI Training Data Transparency Bill (UPDATED) — Internet & Social Media Law Blog — September 20, 2024

The California legislature recently passed Assembly Bill 2013 (AB 2013) on August 27, 2024, a measure…