US Federal Trade Commission Fines Twitter $150 Million Over Data Privacy Breach
TECHDIGEST – The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a sanction of $150 million on Twitter. The social media company was alleged to be using the personal information of its users, which it promised to use to secure their accounts, for target ads.
This is not the first alleged violation of the FTC Act, under which, among other things, the agency is “empowered to prevent unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.” In 2011, Twitter settled with the FTC, which had accused Twitter of serious lapses in its data security that allowed hackers to obtain unauthorized administrative control of the platform.
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The order prohibited misrepresentations around how Twitter maintains information like email addresses and phone numbers collected from users.
The just-announced $150 million civil penalty stems from a new complaint filed by the Department of Justice on behalf of the FTC, alleging that Twitter violated the order in the earlier case by collecting customers’ personal information for the stated purpose of security and then exploiting it commercially.
Source: Nairametric
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