FTC Fines Mental Health Startup Cerebral $7 Million for Major Privacy Violations

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC has ordered mental telehealth company Cerebral from using or disclosing personal medical data for advertising purposes. It has also been fined more than $7 million over charges that it revealed users' sensitive personal health information and other data to...

Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version

A recently surfaced 84-page whistleblower report filed with the US government by Twitter’s former head of security Peiter “Mudge” Zatko last month blasts his former employer for its alleged shoddy security practices and being out of compliance with an FTC order to protect user data. Twitter has...

Twitter fined $150M after using 2FA phone numbers for marketing

The Federal Trade Commission FTC and the Department of Justice DOJ have ordered Twitter to pay a $150M penalty for using users account security data deceptively. The deception violates an FTC order from 2011, that bars Twitter from "misleading consumers about the extent to which it protects the...