The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a $7 million fine on the telehealth company Cerebral for significant privacy violations. The order requires Cerebral to cease using or disclosing sensitive consumer health data for advertising purposes and to address issues related to deceptive data sharing practices and failure to honor its cancellation policies. This action highlights the FTC's ongoing efforts to enforce privacy standards and protect consumer information in the digital health sector.
Significant privacy violations net over $7M fine for Cerebral https://t.co/ZEdCTG2Es5
The US FTC announced a $7M fine against mental telehealth startup Cerebral, citing misleading data sharing and cancelation policies, misleading ads, and more (@blunderchief / The Verge) https://t.co/AIpSBLVINF 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/Xhw58jRx2C
FTC is seeking a $7m fine for #telehealth company @Cerebral for violating #dataprivacy and making cancellations difficult for its customers. https://t.co/vQYO3U6GD1
Cerebral to pay $7 million for charges that it disclosed customers’ personal health information to third parties for ads, and that it did not honor its promise to make cancellation easy for customers. https://t.co/n9c38EclrP
Telehealth firm Cerebral fined $7 million over ‘careless’ privacy violations https://t.co/TaLdQPag9n
FTC Fines Mental Health Startup Cerebral $7 Million for Major Privacy Violations https://t.co/IbQ0ILe7wS
FTC Fines Mental Health Startup Cerebral $7 Million for Major Privacy Violations: https://t.co/FOVseek3li by The Hacker News #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
Mental telehealth service Cerebral has recently been fined $7 million by the FTC for deceptive data sharing practices and not honoring its cancellation policies. https://t.co/J03pzyEKYS #cybersecurity #privacy
Telehealth company Cerebral will pay a $7 million fine and limit the consumer health data it uses for advertising purposes under a new FTC order. https://t.co/3oxf5qqQa7
Proposed FTC order will prohibit telehealth firm Cerebral from using or disclosing sensitive data for advertising purposes, and require it to pay $7 million: https://t.co/YWEFh5V5se /1