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On June 7, 2023, the New York legislature passed the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act (SAFE Act or the Act) and the New York Child Data Protection Act (CDPA), both aimed at protecting children online. The...more
On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed revisions to its rules administering the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The updates both expand the universe of businesses subject...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
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule). The COPPA Rule applies to operators of websites and online services...more
Humor is a funny thing. Ubiquitous, yet specific to each person. Capable of traversing borders and cultures and languages, yet highly dependent on context. Anyone can be humorous, but at some point, everyone will try and...more
The Federal Trade Commission (”FTC”) continues to prove that failing to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) can be costly for technology firms. In the past month, the FTC, in conjunction with...more
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
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 Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1281 to extend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) “exemptions” for business-to-business (B2B) and employee personal information. The exemption was headed for a...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
The FTC has fined an app developer for failure to acquire parental consent for sharing online identifiers for use for targeted advertising. A developer of apps that are popular with children has agreed to pay $150,000 and to...more
Especially with their children now homebound, bored and seeking virtual social contact, many parents are particularly concerned about educating their children – preschool through high school — of the risks inherent in social...more
It’s finally here! Halloween, the day every kid dreams of for months....more
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
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
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
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
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
China’s PCPPIC protects children’s personal information in much the same way as COPPA and the GDPR, but with a few differences. On August 22, 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released a new data privacy...more
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
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
Summer vacation has started, but regulators and legislators are not headed to the beach just yet. As discussed in the last issue of the Privacy Oracle, most state legislatures did not pass comprehensive privacy legislation...more
• California's protracted legislative and regulatory process has complicated the landscape for businesses needing to implement the operational, technical and procedural changes required by the California Consumer Privacy Act....more
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
The owner of a video social networking app, Musical.ly, has agreed to pay a $5.7 million civil penalty to settle a complaint brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging violations of the Children’s Online Privacy...more