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Online data broker Spokeo settles FTC charges for $800,000

Spokeo, a company that aggregates and sells public data on individuals, has agreed to pay $800,000 to settle FTC charges. FTC: Company improperly marketed the information to employers and recruiters. Company describes itself as a “people search engine” that merges offline information such as an individual’s address, marital status and email addresses with social network data about that person gathered from Facebook, Twitter feeds and other online sites. The FTC’s settlement also bars company from making misrepresentations about the endorsements it receives from clients.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2131855/online-data-broker-spokeo-settles-ftc-charges-for–800-000.html

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