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Unauthorized Data Sharing Results in Monetary Penalties

Published on Mon Jul 03, 2023

On May 17, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed order to prevent an ovulation tracking app from sharing health data for advertising purposes. According to the FTC press release, the tracking app, Premom, shared personal information with third parties for advertising, as well as disclosing the users’ sensitive health data to third parties, and failed to [...]
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