1,509 enforcement actions from 16 federal and state jurisdictions. Every event traced back to its official government source.
1,509
Total Actions
16
Jurisdictions
$26.6B+
Total Fines Tracked
The FTC settled with genetic testing company 1Health.io for failing to secure sensitive genetic and health data, deceiving consumers about data deletion, and unfairly changing its privacy policy without notice or consent. The settlement includes refunds totaling over $49,500 to 2,432 affected consumers.
$50K
The FTC proposed modifications to its 2020 privacy order with Meta, alleging violations including non-compliance with the order, misleading parents about Messenger Kids, and unauthorized data sharing. The proposed changes include banning monetization of youth data, pausing new product launches, and strengthening privacy requirements.
The FTC settled with Ring for failing to secure consumer videos, allowing unauthorized access by employees and hackers. Ring agreed to provide $5.6 million in refunds to affected customers and implement security measures.
$5.6M
The FTC finalized an order against Chegg Inc. for failing to secure student data, leading to breaches that exposed personal information of about 40 million users and employees. Chegg must implement a comprehensive security program, limit data collection, offer multifactor authentication, and allow data access and deletion.
The FTC finalized an order against Drizly and its CEO for security failures that led to a data breach exposing 2.5 million consumers' personal information. Drizly failed to implement basic security measures despite prior alerts. The order requires Drizly to destroy unnecessary data, implement a security program, and publicly detail data collection practices.
In March 2022, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced that Connecticut is co-leading a multistate investigation into T-Mobile's 2021 data breach, which affected over 53 million individuals. The breach compromised sensitive data including names, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, and driver's license information. Tong urged affected consumers to take protective steps such as credit monitoring and freezes.
The FTC settled with CafePress for failing to implement reasonable data security measures, leading to multiple breaches that exposed Social Security numbers and other sensitive data. As part of the settlement, over $370,000 in refunds are being distributed to 20,044 consumers who filed valid claims.
$370K
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general in urging the FCC to require gateway providers to implement STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication and take additional measures to block foreign-based illegal robocalls that scam Americans.
The FTC settled with Ascension Data & Analytics, LLC for violating the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's Safeguards Rule by failing to ensure its vendor properly protected consumer data. The company must strengthen its security safeguards and increase oversight of vendors. No monetary penalty was imposed.
The FTC banned Support King, LLC (SpyFone) and its CEO from the surveillance business for secretly harvesting and sharing users' data without consent, and ordered the deletion of all illegally collected data and notification to affected device owners. The company failed to secure the data, leading to a hack that exposed 2,200 consumers.
The FTC finalized a settlement with SkyMed International, Inc., an emergency travel services provider, for failing to secure sensitive consumer data and deceiving consumers about HIPAA compliance. The company left a cloud database with 130,000 membership records unsecured, containing personal and health information. Under the settlement, SkyMed must notify affected consumers, implement a security program, undergo biennial assessments, and is prohibited from misrepresenting its data practices.
The FTC finalized a settlement with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. for misleading consumers about its data security practices and compromising user security. The settlement requires Zoom to implement a comprehensive security program, review software updates for security flaws, and undergo biennial third-party assessments.
SkyMed International, Inc. settled FTC allegations that it failed to secure sensitive consumer data, including health information, leaving a cloud database with 130,000 records exposed to the public. The FTC also alleged that SkyMed misrepresented HIPAA compliance on its website. As part of the settlement, SkyMed must implement a comprehensive security program, undergo biennial third-party assessments, and send notices to affected consumers.
Ascension Data & Analytics, LLC, a mortgage analytics company, settled FTC allegations that it violated the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's Safeguards Rule by failing to ensure its vendor adequately protected consumer data. The vendor stored sensitive mortgage information in plain text on a cloud server, leading to unauthorized access. Ascension must implement a data security program, undergo biennial assessments, and report future breaches.
The FTC settled with Zoom for deceiving users about its encryption security and unfairly installing software that bypassed browser safeguards. Zoom must implement a comprehensive security program, undergo biennial audits, and is banned from making false security claims. No monetary penalty was imposed.
Lightyear Dealer Technologies (DealerBuilt) settled an investigation into a 2016 data breach where a misconfigured file system exposed personal data, including social security numbers and bank information, of thousands of auto dealership customers nationwide. The settlement includes an $80,784 payment (with $20,000 suspended) and mandatory cybersecurity reforms.
$49K
Unixiz, Inc. agreed to shut down its i-Dressup teen social website and pay $98,618 in civil penalties to settle allegations that it violated COPPA by collecting personal information from over 2,500 New Jersey children without parental consent and failed to safeguard user data, leading to a 2016 data breach affecting more than 24,000 New Jersey residents.
$99K
The New Jersey Attorney General and FTC settled with app developer Equiliv Investments and Ryan Ramminger for distributing the Prized app that contained malware to mine cryptocurrency without user consent. The settlement prohibits such activities, requires record-keeping for 20 years, and imposes a $5,200 penalty with an additional $44,800 suspended.
$5K
The California Attorney General filed a complaint against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. for improperly disposing of patient medical records containing protected health information. The records, including diagnoses and lab results, were found discarded at a recycling facility, violating patient privacy. The action alleges breaches of the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.
In 2013, the California Attorney General filed a complaint against Citibank, N.A. alleging that the bank failed to implement adequate security measures and did not properly notify customers about a data breach exposing personal and financial information. The complaint asserts violations of California's data breach notification law.
All data sourced from official government enforcement pages.