Court OKs FTC Settlement With Web Retailer That Deceptively Claimed Safe Harbor Status

The Federal Trade Commission June 9 announced that an online retailer agreed to be enjoined from making misrepresentations on its websites that it is a participant in the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Program, under a consent judgment approved May 20 by the U.S. District Court for the District of Central California (FTC v. Karnani).

According to the FTC’s first amended complaint, defendants Jaivin Karnani and his company Ball of Kryptonite LLC allegedly advertised on their websites that they were in compliance with the data protection Safe Harbor when, according to the FTC, the Commerce Department had no record ...