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Missouri AG Announces Investigation Into Tech Company’s Privacy Policies and Use of Consumer Data

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State Issues

On November 13, Missouri Attorney General Joshua Hawley announced that his office has issued a civil investigative demand (CID) to a major California-based technology company as part of an investigation into suspected violations of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act and the state’s antitrust laws. The investigation is focused on certain business practices, including, with respect to privacy issues, the company’s collection, use, retention, storage, sale, and dissemination of information and data about its users and their online activities. The CID requests documents and communications related to, among other things, (i) the company’s privacy policies; (ii) the collection and sharing of data that constitutes “personal information” related to the company’s users; (iii) disclosures concerning the collection of consumers’ credit or debit card transactions; (iv) data the company discloses or shares with third parties, and the identification of third-party partners; and (v) how the company tracks users’ online activities. The company has until January 22, 2018 to comply.