The FTC announced last week a settlement with Blue Global Media, LLC and its CEO Christopher Kay. The company operated 38 Internet domains that solicited online loan applications from consumers. The applications collected extensive sensitive personal information, including social security numbers, bank routing numbers, credit scores, and incomes. The company represented to consumers it would
The FTC released last week a paper summarizing and reflecting on its October 30, 2015 public workshop, “Follow the Lead,” which we previously discussed here and focused on lead generation practices and related privacy and consumer protection issues. The paper expands upon many of the same principles addressed at the workshop, including how lead generation
On October 30, 2015, the FTC held a workshop on lead generation to explore online lead generation in 
various industries. Lead generation, also called performance marketing, is the process of identifying or cultivating consumer interest in a product or service, and distributing this information to third parties. Lead generation can facilitate comparison shopping and promote
