Ticketmaster, Live Nation Sued by FTC Over Ticket Resales September 18, 2025 By Leah Nylen The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and seven states sued Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its Ticketmaster subsidiary for failing to...
FTC to Review AI Chatbot Risks With Focus on Privacy Harms September 5, 2025 By Josh Sisco and Leah Nylen The U.S. Federal Trade Commission plans to study the harms to children and others of AI-powered chatbots like those offered...
FTC Sues LA Fitness for Making it Exceedingly Hard to Cancel Gym Memberships August 28, 2025 By Jody Godoy The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued the operators of gym chain LA Fitness and other gyms on Wednesday, saying they...
FTC Chair Warns Tech Firms Not to Weaken Data Privacy to Comply With EU, UK laws August 25, 2025 By Jody Godoy The chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission warned Apple, Alphabet, and other technology companies on Thursday that efforts to...
FTC Sues Ticket Reseller for Evading Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Ticket Limits August 18, 2025 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued ticket reseller Key Investment Group for evading purchasing limits to buy up thousands of...
FTC Concerned About Privacy Protections in 23andMe Bankruptcy March 31, 2025 By Jody Godoy The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is concerned about the potential sale or transfer of Americans’ personal information by 23andMe ancestry...
Video Game Maker Paying $20 Million in FTC Kid-Privacy Case January 22, 2025 By Josh Sisco and Cecilia D'Anastasio The maker of the popular video game Genshin Impact will pay $20 million to settle claims it violated kids’ privacy...
Grubhub to Pay $25M for Misleading Customers, Restaurants, Drivers December 18, 2024 By Jody Godoy Grubhub settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday for allegedly misleading customers...
FTC Settles With Data Brokers That Sold Political, Pregnancy Info December 4, 2024 By Jody Godoy Two consumer data brokers that sold information used to track individuals’ religious and political beliefs, pregnancy status and more agreed...
Meta Must Face Trial After Judge Pares Some FTC Claims November 14, 2024 By Leah Nylen Meta Platforms Inc. will face a somewhat scaled-back antitrust trial over its alleged dominance of social networking after a federal...