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FTC Settles With 4 Companies Over Privacy Shield Misrepresentation

The FTC announced settlements Tuesday with four companies that “allegedly misrepresented” participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. Click Labs, Incentive Services, Global Data Vault and TDARX falsely claimed participation, the agency alleged. Click Labs and Incentive Services also “claimed…

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to participate in the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield framework,” the agency said. The companies face civil penalties of up to $42,530 per violation for future infractions and are barred from further misrepresentation. They didn’t comment.