11Oct
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Announces Settlement of First Privacy Shield Enforcement Action
On September 8, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced settlement of its first enforcement action involving the terms of the Privacy Shield. Three companies – Decusoft, LLC, Tru Communication, Inc., and Md7, LLC were alleged to have violated the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act) by falsely claiming that they were certified to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. In fact, they had not completed the certification process required. One of the companies, Decusoft, falsely claimed not to be certified to the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield. As part of their settlements with the FTC, the companies are prohibited from misrepresenting the extent to which they participate in any privacy or…