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The FTC Act

The pitfalls of an inadequate privacy policy; an analysis of recent litigation.

10 minute read July 30, 2012 at 10:56 AM
By
L. Elise Dieterich
The FTC Act

Read the Privacy Policy on the typical company's website, and it is likely to say something like this: “We recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information [and] we safeguard out customers' personally identifiable information by using industry standard practices.

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