FTC Finalizes Settlement with Utah Company and its former CEO over Allegations they Failed to Safeguard Consumer Data

and its former CEO Mark Rawlins failed to use reasonable, low-cost, and readily available security protections to safeguard the personal information they maintained on behalf of InfoTraxs business clients.

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https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2020/01/ftc-finalizes-settlement-utah-company-its-former-ceo-overhttps://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2020/01/ftc-finalizes-settlement-utah-company-its-former-ceo-over
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Monday, January 6, 2020
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Operating systems, Software, Microblogging, Real-time web, South of Market, San Francisco, Text messaging, Twitter, Rawlins, Computer architecture
Summary
Key Points: 
  • and its former CEO Mark Rawlins failed to use reasonable, low-cost, and readily available security protections to safeguard the personal information they maintained on behalf of InfoTraxs business clients.
  • In addition, the settlement requires the company and Rawlins to obtain third-party assessments of their companies information security programs every two years.
  • After receiving no comments on the settlement, the Commission voted 5-0 to finalize the settlement order with InfoTrax and Rawlins.
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