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FTC promises to crack down on companies lying about ‘anonymized’ user data

By Christopher Hutton
Published July 12, 2022 7:39pm ET
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FTC promises to crack down on companies lying about ‘anonymized’ user data
The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday said that Lumos Labs, the company behind Luminosity, must pay $2 million and notify program subscribers of the settlement. (AP Photo) | Alex Brandon

The Federal Trade Commission said it intends to crack down on companies that lie about anonymizing data collected from users.

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