The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) recently announced settlement with background check provider SecurTest, Inc. shows the agency remains vigilant regarding businesses'
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) recently announced settlement
with background check provider SecurTest, Inc. shows the agency
remains vigilant regarding businesses' claims that they comply
with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (Privacy Shield). Privacy
Shield provides U.S. businesses with a legally recognized mechanism
for receiving personal data in the United States from the EU. In
its complaint against SecurTest, the FTC alleges that for several
months SecurTest falsely claimed on its website that it complied
with Privacy Shield when in fact it had not self-certified its
Privacy Shield compliance with the U.S. Department of Commerce. The
terms of the FTC's decision and order prohibit SecurTest from
misrepresenting its Privacy Shield compliance status and require it
to submit to compliance monitoring and recordkeeping
requirements.
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