FTC Recaps 2018 Enforcement Actions in Annual Report

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recapped a busy year in enforcement actions the agency undertook in 2018 in its newly issued privacy and data security update. The report details FTC actions in the areas of general privacy including spam and spyware cases, data security and identity theft, credit reporting and financial privacy, children’s privacy, and international issues including the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework.