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2023 DSIR Deeper Dive: Pixel & Other Website Technologies

BakerHostetler on 9/27/2023

We’re back with a deeper dive into the 2023 Data Security and Incident Response Report, which features insights and metrics from 1,160+ incidents in 2022. This episode dives deeper into Pixel & other website technologies. ...more

Website Privacy Litigation

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 8/15/2023

Shook lawyers explore some of the hottest privacy issues business owners and in-house counsel need to know to help mitigate exposure. Chief among them, website privacy litigation and pixel class actions. Shook Privacy and...more

Florida Web Designer Settles with DOJ on 2020 HealthyKids.org Medicaid Breach

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 4/10/2023

A Florida communications firm and its owner agreed to pay $293,771 to resolve False Claims Act (FCA) allegations that they failed to secure personal information on a federally funded Florida children’s health insurance...more

Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule Q&A

Burr & Forman on 11/11/2022

COPPA, or the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, was designed to protect the privacy of children under 13 years of age by giving their parents certain tools to control how the child's information can and cannot be...more

California Senate Approves Landmark California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/7/2022

On August 29, 2022, the California Senate passed the landmark Assembly Bill 2273, which would enact the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the “Act”). If signed into law by Governor Newsom, the Act could have...more

California poised to enact broad, new restrictions on online services with under-18 users

Hogan Lovells on 8/26/2022

The California Senate Appropriations Committee has advanced the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, AB 2273, which could significantly impact many online service providers. Modeled on the UK’s Age Appropriate Design...more

Website Compliance: Key Costly Legal Risks Every Business Should Consider

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 5/28/2021

A recent statistic posted by Sweor states that 75% of consumers admit to making judgments on a company’s credibility based on the company’s website design. During COVID, many companies were forced to digitize their entire...more

Dark Patterns and the CCPA: How Your Website Can Comply

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/9/2021

The California Attorney General recently approved modified regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). One part of the modified regulations bans “dark patterns” on a website. What are dark patterns?...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 12, December 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/22/2020

Loeffler, Cotton Release Bill to Hold Tech Companies Accountable for Child Exploitation, Allow Victims to Sue - "It would amend the US code to strip Section 230 protections from tech companies." Why this is important:...more

Proposed Mega Child Privacy Class Action Settlements May Impact Many App Providers

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 9/2/2020

Last week, the plaintiffs in three related children’s privacy class actions sought preliminary approval of proposed settlements with sixteen defendants in those coordinated actions. The matters—known as the Kiloo Action, the...more

California Consumer Privacy Act Enforcement Series: Failing to Provide Adequate Notice at Collection

Troutman Pepper on 8/11/2020

Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) began July 1, 2020. Our privacy team at Troutman Pepper includes several attorneys who worked in an attorney general’s office. This privacy regulatory team has...more

hiQ Files Opposition Brief with Supreme Court in LinkedIn CFAA Data Scraping Dispute

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 6/30/2020

Last week, hiQ Labs, Inc. (“hiQ”) filed its brief urging the Supreme Court to deny LinkedIn Corp.’s (“LinkedIn”) petition for a writ of certiorari in the Ninth Circuit’s blockbuster ruling in hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp.,...more

Tracking Kids Through Your App? Think Again.

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/15/2020

Klepto Cats and Dogs have been “stealing” children’s personal information without parental consent and using it for targeted advertising. Bad dog! Well, almost. HyperBeard, Inc., a developer of apps popular with children...more

10 Privacy Predictions for 2020

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 2/13/2020

In the last two years, businesses have been catapulted into a dizzying new world, with privacy expectations and requirements that were unheard of just two years ago. ...more

CCPA Compliance: Thorny Practical Questions (Almost 1 Month to Go)

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/27/2019

This is one of several client alerts in a series counting down to the date when CCPA applies (Almost 1 month to go) - The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) takes effect for businesses January 1, 2020. Don’t wait to...more

CCPA - Adtech Update - Cybersecurity and Privacy Alert

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/26/2019

Have you recently received an update from Google or another adtech provider on their CCPA position? Some industry players are rolling out their approaches, and any business that uses website widgets needs to take note...more

Summary of FTC COPPA Workshop – Key Issues and Takeaways

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 10/23/2019

On October 7, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the “Commission”) brought together privacy and technology stakeholders for a public workshop aimed at informing updates to regulations promulgated under the Children’s Online...more

Analysis of Attorney General Regulations to CCPA – Part 4: Special Rules Regarding Minors

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 10/21/2019

The California Attorney General’s CCPA draft regulations impose additional requirements for collection of data from children under 13 on top of those imposed by the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA),...more

Top EU Court: Cookies Require Active, Specific and Informed Consent

Polsinelli on 10/3/2019

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published a judgment that echoes the recent developments discussed in our August update, "New Developments in EU for Cookies and Online Tracking." This is an important...more

Nevada Consumer Opt-Out Right from Sale of Personal Information Goes into Effect

Proskauer on Privacy on 10/1/2019

Effective tomorrow, October 1, 2019, the existing Nevada Privacy of Information Collected on the Internet from Consumers Act will be amended to include a consumer right to opt out from the sale of personal information and to...more

FTC, YouTube, and Kids’ Privacy: Key Takeaways from the Biggest COPPA Settlement in FTC History

Fenwick & West LLP on 9/23/2019

On September 4, 2019, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Google and YouTube will pay a record $170 million as part of a settlement over allegations that YouTube violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act...more

Landmark FTC Settlement Offers Important Lessons for Businesses That May Collect or Use Children’s Information

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/10/2019

On September 4, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the “Commission”) announced a settlement with YouTube and its parent Google that resolves allegations that the companies violated the Children’s Online Privacy...more

Reminder that the FTC is Providing an Opportunity to Comment on COPPA Rule by October 23

Hogan Lovells on 9/6/2019

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is requesting public comments on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA Rule”). In particular, the FTC is seeking feedback on the effectiveness of its 2013 amendments to the...more

Twenty Years Under the Microscope: A Small Business, a Data Breach and the FTC

Sunstein LLP on 8/30/2019

James Grago has a nice business going. He runs a website called ClixSense.com that permits users to earn money by completing surveys and watching advertisements. Revenues grew from $6.7 million in 2015 to $9.1 million in...more

Facsimiles and Other Fossils: FTC Initiates Review to Update COPPA Rule to Keep Pace with Emerging and Connected Technology

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 8/27/2019

They grow up so fast! A sentiment – and challenge – shared by parents and technologists alike. Just when you think you’ve finally figured it out, you blink, and they’re unrecognizable. The old rules can no longer be trusted...more

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