The FTC recently finalized settlements with five companies over allegations that they falsely claimed certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. In each complaint, the FTC alleged that DCR Workforce, Inc., Thru, Inc., LotaData, Inc., and 214 Technologies, Inc. made false and misleading representations when they stated that they participated under the Privacy Shield framework on their website when they were not participants under the framework. Additionally, in the complaint against EmpiriStat, Inc., the FTC alleged that EmpiriStat, Inc. made a false and misleading representations when it stated that it was a current participant under the Privacy Shield framework on its website after it had allowed its certification to lapse and had been warned by the U.S. Department of Commerce to take down its claim of participation.
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