FTC Takes Action Against Companies Misrepresenting Compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it has taken action against a number of companies that allegedly misrepresented their compliance with the EU-U.S., as well as Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield frameworks and other international privacy agreements.
FTC and SecurTest, Inc. reached a settlement agreement over allegations that SecurTest falsely claimed to participate in the Privacy Shield. The FTC also reported that it sent warning letters to 13 companies for claiming to participate in the U.S.-EU and U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor frameworks and to two companies for falsely claiming to participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Cross-Border Privacy Rules system.
