Following the March 2023 rollout of mobile sports wagering in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has been hard at work promulgating the various regulations needed to oversee Massachusetts’ burgeoning sports...more
6/12/2023
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State and Local Government
The Massachusetts legislature has approved a bill that will create a framework for legalized sports betting.
Betting will be conducted through a combination of existing brick-and-mortar casinos, slots parlors, and racing...more
"Open the pod door, HAL"
• Commercial voice-activated intelligent personal assistants from Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, among others, are growing in popularity.
• A report from NPR and Edison Research states...more
2/28/2019
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Data Protection ,
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Electronic Medical Records ,
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Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
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Oral Communications ,
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Telecommunications
Privacy advocates in both the United States and Europe are urging regulators to take a hard look at the privacy ramifications of internet-connected toys, which are often conventional toys augmented by companion mobile...more
The COPPA Rule requires website and online service operators to give notice to parents and obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting children’s “personal information” online. 16 CFR §§ 312.4, 312.5. The...more
Yelp’s $450,000 settlement with the FTC in September should serve as an important reminder for all owners and operators of websites or mobile apps – even if your site is not for kids, you need to know and abidge by what the...more
Last week, the FTC announced approval of a new Safe Harbor Program under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), called iKeepSafe. The program was created by the Internet Keep Safe Coalition, a nonprofit...more
The FTC’s July 10, 2014 complaint filed against Amazon has left app developers with concerns about how to make apps that target kids and still comply with the law. The complaint, brought under Section 5(a) of the FTC Act,...more