The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is acting against e-commerce platform CafePress for allegedly failing to secure consumers’ sensitive data and covering up a “major breach.” In a complaint filed against Residual Pumpkin Entity, LLC, the former owner of CafePress, and PlanetArt, LLC, which bought CafePress in 2020, the FTC accused CafePress of neglecting to implement reasonable security measures to protect sensitive information stored on its network. “CafePress employed careless security practices and concealed multiple breaches from consumers,” said Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

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