FTC's 2023 Privacy and Data Security Update and Key Actions and Initiatives

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released its Privacy and Data Security Update (“Update”) for 2023. The Update outlines the enforcement actions, guidance, reports, workshops, policy initiatives, consumer and business education, and rules from 2021-2023 to for consumer data and privacy. The Update discusses the efforts by the FTC to protect consumers in areas such as health privacy, geolocation tracking, children's privacy, data security, credit reporting, financial privacy, AI, sensitive data, and spam calls and email. The FTC has used law enforcement to challenge alleged illegal conduct against companies like GoodRx, BetterHelp, CRI Genetics, Epic Games, Microsoft, Drizly, CafePress, TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions, Experian Consumer Services, Publishers Clearing House, and more.