The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed settlement with Avast, a browser extension and antivirus provider, to settle charges that the company collected users’ sensitive browsing information and then sold it to third-party advertisers despite...

On January 4th, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (yes, the “Fall 2022” agenda was published in January 2023), including short and long-term...

Twitter agreed to pay a $150 million penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company violated its 2011 consent order, in part, by collecting user phone numbers and email addresses for security purposes...