The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently issued a revised guidance (“Guide”) on the Red Flags Rule (“Rule”) (see “Fighting Identity Theft with the Red Flags Rule: A How-To Guide for Business”). The Red Flags Rule requires certain businesses to develop, implement and administer an identity theft protection program. The purpose of this Guide is to [...]
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SEC and CFTC Propose Identity Theft Red Flags Rules
The FTC Red Flags Rules were not specific to the securities industry and there was some confusion as to which entities were subject to their requirements. This blog entry describes proposed rulesto applyRed Flag rules to certain broker-dealers, investment companies, investment advisers, futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, introducing brokers, and other SEC- and CFTC-regulated entities
Social Network Impersonator Fined by Spanish Data Protection Authority In New Exercise of Regulatory Authority
On October 20th, the Spanish Data Protection Authority, the Agencia Espanola de Protecccion de Datos (AEPD), announced an unprecedented decision against an individual who impersonated someone on a social networking site and thus engaged in identity theft. The AEPD fined the individual who had created a profile in a sexually-oriented social network, and chose not to proceed against the online host of the offending content.
FTC Focusing on Child Identity Theft, Holding Forum on July 12
The FTC is holding a July forum entitled “Stolen Futures”, focusing on children’s identity theft, as described in more detail in this blog entry.
FTC Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule for Fourth Time
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that it is delaying enforcement of its FACTA Red Flags Rule until June 1, 2010 “[a]t the request of Congress.”