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BetterHelp sold customer data while promising it was private, says FTC

Summary by Ground News
The Federal Trade Commission announced that BetterHelp has agreed to pay $7.8 million to settle charges that it improperly shared customers' sensitive data with companies like Facebook and Snapchat. The proposed order, announced by the FTC on Thursday, would ban the same behavior in the future and require BetterHelp to make some changes to how it handles customer data.

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BetterHelp sold customer data while promising it was private, says FTC

BetterHelp could have to refund customers to the tune of $7.8 million after the FTC alleges that it sold their data to advertisers, despite promises that it wouldn’t.

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The Verge broke the news in United States on Thursday, March 2, 2023.
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