On November 29, the FTC announced it had approved final settlements with three companies over allegations that they falsely claimed  participation in the European Union-U.S. Privacy Shield (EU-U.S. Privacy Shield) framework. (See previous InfoBytes coverage here.) The settlements mark the FTC’s first EU-U.S. Privacy Shield enforcement actions following the EU’s finalization and adoption in July 2016 (as covered by InfoBytes) of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which established a mechanism for companies to transfer consumer data between the EU and the U.S. in compliance with specified obligations.