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Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 14: How Employers Can Navigate Cybersecurity Issues with Brandon Robinson, Maynard Nexsen Attorney
Navigating the Digital Frontier: Employee Privacy Rights and Legal Obligations in the Modern Workplace
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Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 6: Digital Forensics & Protecting Trade Secrets with Clark Walton
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On March 7, 2024, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued a landmark ruling on digital advertising and the concepts of personal data and joint controllership under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)....more
The FTC is proposing significant changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule to place new restrictions on the use and disclosure of children’s personal information. The COPPA Rule requires websites...more
In another example of the agency’s practice of regulation by blog, the FTC published last week a Business Blog Post about protecting consumer health information. The post, which summarizes key points from several recent...more
In a very comprehensive post from the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology, the FTC takes what it calls “[a] deep dive into the technical side of FTC’s recent cases on digital health platforms, GoodRx &...more
On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it filed a “first-of-its-kind proposed order” under its Health Breach Notification Rule promulgated pursuant to section 13407 of the American Recovery...more
On February 1, 2023, the FTC announced a proposed $1.5 million settlement with GoodRx Holdings, based on alleged violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”) and Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”) for...more
On November 3, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a Complaint and Stipulated Order in federal court against an internet phone service provider to stop it from imposing junk fees and making it difficult for users to...more
On August 11, the FTC finally launched its “commercial surveillance and data security” rulemaking after many months of hype and speculation about the FTC’s ability to address consumer privacy through its “Mag-Moss” rulemaking...more
Following -by a day- a privacy-related claim challenge brought against another advertiser, the National Advertising Division found that advertiser DuckDuckGo had sufficiently substantiated its privacy claims. These cases are...more
On May 19, 2022, at an open commission meeting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted unanimously to: 1) release a new policy statement on the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) indicating that the FTC will...more
Though it was not long ago that resolutions of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) readiness ushered in the new year, ‘tis the season once again to deck the halls with privacy compliance checklists. Retailers doing...more
Tides of change in the digital advertising and regulatory landscape over the last few years have recently ushered in an increasingly likely future without third-party cookies. Background – An Abbreviated History of Recent...more
The Situation: Less than one year after the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") became effective, California voters approved the California Privacy Rights Act ("CPRA"), a consumer privacy ballot initiative that amends...more
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is going to be on the November 3 ballot. The CPRA would amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to provide a greater level of rights for consumers and more stringent...more
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
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
On Thursday, March 5, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Kids Internet Design and Safety (KIDS) Act, which aims to create protections for online users under the age of 16 by limiting...more
Editors’ Note: This is the first in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Up next: a look at trends in the energy space. Lists of “top” things...more
A California appellate panel affirmed the decertification of a class of consumers in a Song-Beverly Credit Card Act lawsuit challenging Williams-Sonoma’s collection of zip codes and email addresses during credit card sales. ...more
A new California privacy ballot initiative has been introduced by real estate developer and privacy rights advocate, Alastair Mactaggart. This new ballot initiative, titled The California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of...more
On September 17, 2019, numerous stakeholders in the digital advertising industry, including publishers, advertisers/brands, AdTech companies, and law firms (including numerous representatives from BakerHostetler) convened at...more
On September 13, 2019—the last day of the legislative session—California lawmakers approved five amendments intended to clarify the scope of the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), but rejected several...more
On July 29, 2019, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) issued its decision in the case of FashionID GmbH & Co. KG v. Verbraucherzentrale NRW. The ECJ found that websites that integrate Facebook plugins are jointly...more
In the wake of a recent announcement by a major Dutch bank that it would start providing its customers with personalized advertisements based on their spending patterns, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has sent a...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), effective Jan. 1, 2020, will require more privacy transparency and choice for consumers than they have ever had under U.S. law, but its approach to providing consumers with the...more