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K&L Gates LLP

The SEC Limits the Internet Adviser Exemption

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Brief Overview - On 27 March 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments (the Amendments) to Rule 203A-2(e) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act). Rule 203A-2(e) is commonly...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

The EU and UK Introduce New IoT Security Standards

The FCC’s recent introduction of a new Voluntary Cybersecurity Labelling Program for consumer Internet of Things (IoT) products reflects the continued desire by U.S. regulators to bolster the security of the ever-increasing...more

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A Thanksgiving Surprise — Your Public File Link Is Broken

With many of their employees either off today or working a half-day in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday, broadcasters were settling in for what would hopefully be a couple of slow news days and a long weekend. ...more

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Digital Compliance In Europe: Regulatory Alignment Post-Brexit

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Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the process of implementing Brexit continues. One of the key Brexit issues for the tech sector is the extent to which the UK will either align or diverge its digital regulations with the...more

Hogan Lovells

Russia Update: State Duma Adopts Bill Increasing Fines for Violation of Data Protection Laws

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On 21 November 2019 a bill imposing multi-million Ruble (RUB) fines for infringing Russian data localization and information security laws passed the last hearing at the State Duma. This likely means that the bill will become...more

Carlton Fields

Online Behavioral Advertising Guidelines Go Mobile

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On September 1, the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) began enforcing its guidelines for online behavioral advertising regarding mobile advertising. The DAA, a notfor-profit independent body, develops industry-best practices...more

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CA AG Requires Chief Privacy Officer and Privacy Compliance Program

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California’s Attorney General, Kamala Harris, has required Houzz, a home décor information and e-commerce website and mobile app publisher, to hire a chief privacy officer (CPO), conduct a company-wide privacy assessment, and...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Explains How to Form a Pre-Existing Relationship Using the Internet; New CDI’s Issued

The SEC granted no-action relief to Citizen VC, Inc. which appears to state, although subject to facts and circumstances, a pre-existing relation can be formed with a person that first contacts a seller of securities over the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The Fingerprint File Doesn’t Have to Bring You Down: NAI Offers Advertisers Guidance on Digital Fingerprinting & Location...

Advertisers who use tools such as location data and newer non-cookie technologies to deliver interest-based advertising must carefully balance the use of those tools with consumer privacy. To achieve this balance, the Network...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

Consumer Group Asks FTC to Adopt EU’s Right to be Forgotten

Last year we wrote about the EU’s adoption of an individual’s “right to be forgotten”, which gives Europeans the right to require search engines to remove information about them from search results for their own names, if the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Open Internet Advisory Opinions: Do You Feel Lucky?

As part of the 2015 Open Internet Order (“Order”), the FCC adopted rules enabling regulated entities to seek advisory opinions from the Enforcement Bureau regarding the application of the Open Internet rules to proposed...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Technical Body Moves Closer to Do Not Track Standards

The long running struggle to develop technical standards for the implementation of a do not track (DNT) specification is moving closer to completion. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) working group recently released a “last...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Exempt Intrastate Offers: Advertising and Soliciting on Websites and Social Media

The SEC elaborates on how to utilize online general advertising and solicitation while complying with the requirements of the Rule 147 Exemption for Intrastate Offerings A recent Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Requires Closed Captioning of IP Video Clips

Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its Second Order on Reconsideration and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Order” or “FNPRM”) requiring closed captioning of certain video clips...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

CPSC Emphasizes Internet Presence with New Monthly Progress Reporting Template

NEW MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT - In May 2014, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) rolled out a new monthly progress report for companies executing a product recall. The form is available here. The new template...more

Troutman Pepper

Developing a Meaningful Privacy Policy

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In May 2014, California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris released recommendations for businesses addressing recent changes and best practices under California’s privacy laws. The guide is entitled “Making Your Privacy...more

Perkins Coie

New California Advertising And Privacy Laws: What’s Your Compliance Plan?

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New California Requirements Regarding "Do Not Track" Transparency and Advertising to Minors Have Substantial Effects on Advertisers, Ad Tech Companies, Website Publishers and App Developers - California recently...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Are You Ready For California’s “Do Not Track” Requirements?

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Over the last several months, California has passed several new privacy and data protection laws that impact operators of websites, online services and mobile applications around the country, including a law establishing an...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

A Peek Inside The New Data Privacy Lawsuit Playbook

When a blogger revealed that Facebook tracked users even after they had logged off from Facebook’s service, the company thanked him and promised an immediate fix. But plaintiffs’ attorneys socked the company with a class...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Around the Virtual World: October 21-25, 2013

A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. A Senator Raises Privacy Questions About Cross-Device Tracking - Senator Edward J. Markey, Democrat of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Latest FTC Enforcement Action Reflects Agency's Intent to Focus on Emerging Market Involving the "Internet of Things"

In its first enforcement action against a company operating in the emerging market known as the “Internet of Things”, the FTC has secured a settlement agreement with a company that markets Internet-connected video cameras...more

The Volkov Law Group

AML Enforcement And Virtual Currencies

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It is difficult for regulators and law enforcement to keep up with creative new ways in which criminals choose to store and trade money. This is especially true in the Internet-age where anonymity and ease of communications...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

What You Should Know About Electronic Subscriptions and Copyright Law: A Best Practices Guide

Increasingly, printed matter is being made available via the Internet in electronic form, and both publishers and readers alike are starting to prefer an online format over the printed hardcopy format. One example is...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New York Takes Aim at Internet Payday Lenders and Other Industry Players

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The Cuomo administration, through the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), recently announced aggressive enforcement-related activities in an ongoing DFS investigation designed to stop supposedly unlawful...more

Perkins Coie

Federal Trade Commission Issues Revised Guidance On COPPA Rule

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On July 1, 2013 the FTC’s amended COPPA Rule went into effect....more

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