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FCC Broadband Data Collection Filing Window Closes March 1, 2023

The FCC Broadband Data Task Force announced that the second Broadband Data Collection (BDC) filing window opened on January 3, 2023, and the required data submissions may be made at any time up until the deadline of March 1,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Children’s Privacy is Front and Center in DPC Ireland Report

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With enforcement on children’s data privacy ramping up around the world, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has issued a detailed report on the fundamental principles of such data privacy, as well as some helpful...more

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FTC Staff Report on ISP Privacy Practices Paves the Way for an FTC Privacy Rulemaking in the New Year

Following up on a mandatory 2019 request for information issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to the largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the United States, the FTC staff in late October issued a Report titled...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FTC Staff Report Puts Spotlight Back on ISP Data Collection and Use Practices; FCC Re-Regulation Suggested

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Over the past few years, the data collection and use practices of Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”) have largely flown under the radar while large internet platforms and the broader adtech industry have been under greater...more

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Biden Administration Issues Sweeping Executive Order to Foster Competition

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This afternoon, President Biden signed a landmark executive order aimed at promoting economic competition by limiting the power of large corporations. The sweeping executive order includes 72 initiatives across more than a...more

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Privacy Update: California Can Enforce Net Neutrality Law After Court Victory

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California Can Enforce Net Neutrality Law After Court Victory - California’s net neutrality law bars internet service providers from prioritizing, blocking, slowing down, or speeding up internet content. California’s law...more

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California DOJ Announces A Third Set Of Modifications To The CCPA Regulations

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Back in August, after much anticipation and several rounds of review and modification, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations finally became effective. This was long awaited by businesses and their service...more

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Facebook’s Limited Data Use Functionality – Turn On or Turn Off?

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To help its business customers with CCPA compliance efforts, Facebook has implemented the “Limited Data Use” feature which restricts how Facebook uses personal information of California individuals that it collects or...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Maine Internet Privacy Law Survives Challenge

Maine’s internet privacy law has survived its first challenge from internet service providers earlier this month. As we previously discussed... this law prohibits the sale of certain information about customers’ internet use...more

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The California AG’s CCPA Regulations Final Statement Of Reasons: Key Takeaways

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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has submitted a final California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations package. The final version is essentially identical to version three of the regulations released in early...more

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Maine Law Will Place Strict Restrictions on Internet Service Providers

Maine’s legislature unanimously passed a new law—“An Act to Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information” (the “Act”)—that will impose strict data protection restrictions on broadband internet service providers (ISPs)...more

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Chinese Regulation of Children's Personal Data Goes into Effect

On October 1, 2019, China’s new regulation to protect personal data related to children – called the “Measures on Online Protection of Children’s Personal Data” – went into effect. As we wrote in June, when a draft of the...more

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FTC Seeks Comments on Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking comments on the effectiveness of the amendments it made to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) in 2013, to determine whether additional changes are needed...more

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California Dramatically Expands Consumer Privacy Rights For the Entire Country

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California recently passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, described by Former Gov. Jerry Brown as a “historic step” for California consumers, “giving them control over their personal data.”  He claimed that the...more

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US Data Breach and Privacy 2019 Legislative Recap

A few weeks ago, Texas signed into law an amendment to its data breach law, capping off a busy first half of 2019 for state lawmakers in this arena. As we gear up for the second half of 2019, we thought a recap was...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Maine’s New Internet Privacy Law: What You Need to Know

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Last week, Maine enacted an internet privacy law requiring broadband internet service providers (ISPs) to obtain a customer’s express, affirmative consent before using their personal information, including browsing history....more

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Maine Passes Broadband Privacy Bill

Maine entered the privacy fray last week when Governor Janet T. Mills signed legislation targeting internet service providers by prohibiting the sale of information about customers’ internet use. The new restriction covers,...more

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China's Internet Regulator Drafts COPPA-Like Rules for Children's Data Privacy

In early June, the Cyberspace Administration of China released for public comment new draft regulations applicable to the collection of personal information relating to children under 14 by online service providers. The...more

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Maine Governor Could Sign Bill Enacting Nation’s Strictest Data Privacy Law for Internet Providers

The Maine legislature has passed a bill imposing the nation’s strictest limitations on broadband providers’ use of consumer data. On May 30, 2019, the Maine State Senate approved the House’s amended version of Legislative...more

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And Texas joins the Privacy Fray – Part 2 (or, Everything is Bigger in Texas…)

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In Part 1 of our ‘Texas Joins the Privacy Fray’ series, we focused on the Texas Consumer Privacy Act. Here, we shine the light on the Texas Privacy Protection Act (HB 4390)....more

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FTC Seeks Information from ISPs on Privacy Procedures

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an Order to File a Special Report to seven Internet broadband providers in the U.S., requesting information on how the companies “collect, retain, use and disclose information about...more

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Illinois Geolocation Privacy Protection Act Sent To Governor Rauner

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The Geolocation Privacy Protection Act, which passed the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives earlier this year, has made its way to the desk of Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner for his signature or veto. The bill...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

August 2017 FCC Meeting Recap: FCC Proposes Changes to Broadband Data Collection

At its August Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) voted unanimously in favor of a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“FNPRM”) that explores ways to improve the value of data,...more

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Proposed BROWSER Act Would Require ISPs and Edge Service Providers to Give Users Opt-in and Opt-out Rights for the Use and...

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On May 18, 2017, Martha Blackburn (R-TN), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, introduced H.R. 2520, the Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equality and...more

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Internet Privacy – ISP Snooping and U.S. Surveillance Laws

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It’s hard to imagine a world in which the U.S. Postal Service is permitted to peer inside our personal mail, or gather and track the address and other data we place on our mail, and then use and sell what it learns about us....more

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