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FTC Settles With Major Privacy Certification Provider
12 January 2015
Jones Day
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On November 17, the FTC announced that a major provider of
privacy certifications for online businesses agreed to settle charges that it deceived
customers about its recertification program for the company's
privacy practices and facilitated a misunderstanding that it was a
nonprofit entity. The FTC alleged that between 2006 and early 2013,
the company failed to conduct annual recertifications of companies
in accordance with its own published standard.
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