On November 17, the FTC announced that a major provider of privacy certifications for online businesses agreed to settle charges that it deceived customers about its recertification program for the company's privacy practices and facilitated a misunderstanding that it was a nonprofit entity. The FTC alleged that between 2006 and early 2013, the company failed to conduct annual recertifications of companies in accordance with its own published standard.
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