Eli Lilly Settles FTC Privacy Investigation
Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical company, has settled a privacy violation investigation with the FTC. Last year, Lilly inadvertently exposed the e-mail addresses of individuals who had signed up for updates on a mental health drug. Lilly had made prior guarantees of privacy and confidentiality in the e-mail addresses. The settlement calls for remedial measures, however, Lilly will not pay monetary damages.Eli Lilly Settles FTC Charges Concerning Security Breach, FTC Press Release, January 18, 2002.
ACLU Letter to the FTC, July 3, 2001.
