
FTC Settles with Four Companies Falsely Claiming Current Participation in EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
In September of 2018, the Federal Trade Commission filed complaints against four companies for falsely claiming to be certified under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, alleging such acts constituted deceptive acts or practices violating Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act. One company claimed on its website that it “complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy [S]hield framework”…