On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) finalized changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule (Final Rule). The Final Rule adopts certain amendments that were proposed in...more
1/20/2025
/ Biometric Information ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Retention ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
NPRM ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws
On Thursday, January 9 at CES 2025, two sitting FTC Commissioners – Rebecca Slaughter (D) and Melissa Holyoak (R) – sat down for a revealing discussion moderated by two former FTC Commissioners now in the private sector –...more
1/13/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraud ,
FTC Act ,
Machine Learning ,
Privacy Laws ,
Technology Sector ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
As we enter the New Year, Wiley is looking ahead to the top privacy developments and trends to watch in 2025. On the state side, 2025 kicked off with several new privacy laws going into effect in January, and states continue...more
1/9/2025
/ Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
1/8/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Credit Cards ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Fraud ,
FTC Act ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rewards Programs ,
Truth in Advertising ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
As President-Elect Trump’s second Administration begins in January 2025, businesses face a critical juncture with potential shifts in regulatory focus across industries and sectors including artificial intelligence,...more
11/13/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Chevron Deference ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Ethics ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Election Commission (FEC) ,
Healthcare ,
International Trade ,
National Security ,
Presidential Elections ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ,
Trump Administration ,
USTelecom
Data privacy-related lawsuits have skyrocketed in recent years. Federal courts saw over 900 data privacy dockets in 2020 – but witnessed a surge to 1,767 dockets in 2023. At the halfway point in 2024, federal court data...more
7/10/2024
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
CIPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Healthcare ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Popular ,
Public Policy ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Third-Party ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
In this episode of the Wiley Connected podcast, hosts Duane Pozza and Kat Scott, partners in Wiley's Privacy, Cyber, and Data Governance practice, discuss the implications of new comprehensive privacy laws in Oregon and Texas...more
With new comprehensive privacy laws in Texas and Oregon going into effect on Monday, July 1, we invited enforcers from the Texas and Oregon Attorneys General Offices – Tyler Bridegan and Kristen Hilton – to join our Wiley...more
7/1/2024
/ Collaboration ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Documentation ,
Enforcement ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Oregon ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Texas
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
2/28/2024
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Data Privacy ,
Debt Collectors ,
Debt-Relief Industry ,
Deceptive Intent ,
Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) ,
ECOA ,
False Statements ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraud ,
Installment Agreements ,
Lenders ,
Marketing ,
Mortgages ,
Telemarketing Sales Rule ,
Unlawful Practices
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel issued a Press Release yesterday announcing that the agency’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force (Task Force) signed Memoranda of...more
12/8/2023
/ Communications Act of 1934 ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Investigations ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Notice of Inquiry ,
Telecommunications
This month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights sent letters warning about privacy and security risks related to online tracking technologies...more
7/31/2023
/ Data Privacy ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
NPRM ,
Technology ,
Telehealth ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
7/25/2023
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
COPPA ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Data Privacy ,
Debt ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Excessive Fees ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Machine Learning ,
Mergers ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Request For Information ,
Scams ,
Student Loans ,
Telehealth ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Withdrawal
It has been an active legislative season, with numerous states advancing new data privacy laws. In May, Indiana, Montana, and Tennessee joined Iowa in adopting new privacy laws, while the legislature in Texas sent an omnibus...more
6/8/2023
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
New Legislation ,
NIST ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws
New state privacy laws and regulations have emerged at a record pace this year, and companies need to stay ahead of developments to comply.
This webinar will provide:
- A deep dive into new laws and regulations in...more
“Generative AI” tools – i.e., tools that use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to generate content, such as text, images, and videos – have become increasingly popular. As a result, companies are quickly facing...more
In this episode of Wiley Connected, we are joined by Elham Tabassi, Chief of Staff in the Information Technology Laboratory at NIST, who leads NIST’s efforts to create an Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (the...more
March wrapped up with several significant state privacy developments. First, on March 28, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 262 (SF 262) into law, making Iowa the sixth state to adopt comprehensive data privacy...more
4/7/2023
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
New Legislation ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
State Privacy Laws
This week saw two new major developments in the state privacy law landscape. On March 15, Iowa’s House unanimously passed Senate File 262 (SF 262), an omnibus privacy bill that already unanimously passed the Senate earlier...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
3/14/2023
/ Algorithms ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Privacy ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Franchisors ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Overdraft Fees ,
Popular ,
Request For Information ,
Student Loans
On January 18, 2023, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights Request for Comment (RFC), which is “intended to examine the persistence of...more
2023 already is a landmark year for privacy regulation. As of January 1, 2023, two new privacy laws are now in effect: (1) the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and...more
2023 will be a landmark year for state privacy laws, with new frameworks coming into effect in California and Virginia on January 1, 2023; in Colorado and Connecticut on July 1, 2023; and in Utah on December 31, 2023. This...more
On November 1, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted PrivacyCon 2022, its seventh annual conference in which the Commission looks to academics and researchers to inform its efforts to address emerging consumer...more
In August, the FTC launched a groundbreaking privacy and security rulemaking under the FTC Act with an extensive Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that asks a wide range of questions. The ANPR has generated...more
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is leading the federal government’s charge on a framework for assessing and managing risks in artificial intelligence (AI), with a critical workshop this week to...more