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
Television stations licensed in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont must file license renewal applications by Thursday, December 1, 2022. Pursuant to the Federal Communications...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted two recent items designed to improve its emergency alerting systems, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)....more
Annual EEO Public File Report-
Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,...more
This post is the second of our series reviewing the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) seventh annual “PrivacyCon." In yesterday’s overview, we summarized the discussions focused on consumer privacy and data security in areas...more
Join us for a webinar where we will focus on the details of the recently finalised and published Executive Order to Implement the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Alongside Alex Brown of UK-headquartered...more
10/25/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Transfers ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Executive Orders ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK ,
Webinars
Of the five new state-level omnibus privacy laws that are going into effect in 2023, two authorize state-level rulemakings: the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA). These two states’...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
Nearly 100 class actions have been filed against companies whose websites offer video services to consumers and that use tracking pixels to track consumers’ video viewing activity. The use of tracking pixels is an extremely...more
On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed the Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities Executive Order (Executive Order or EO), which implements the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF)....more
10/10/2022
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Transfers ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EDPS ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Executive Orders ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Joe Biden ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On September 15, Governor Newsom signed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (ADCA) into law. The bill – which is modeled after the UK ICO’s code of practice for age-appropriate design – will impose broad new...more
The California Attorney General (AG) made headlines in August by issuing a $1.2 million fine against online retailer Sephora to resolve allegations that the business violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This...more
On September 15, 2022, California Governor Newsom announced his signing of A.B. 2273, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, which the legislature passed on August 30. The law – modeled after the United Kingdom...more
9/19/2022
/ California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
COPPA ,
Data Profiling ,
Governor Newsom ,
New Legislation ,
Online Advertisements ,
Privacy Settings ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Transparency ,
UK
Annual EEO Public File Report-
Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Iowa, Missouri, Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington and Samoa with five or more...more
By September 28, 2022, broadcast (Radio and Television) licensees must pay all required annual regulatory fee payments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission). Payments received after the deadline will be...more
On August 30, 2022, the California Legislature passed A.B. 2273, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act. The bill – which is modeled after the United Kingdom Information Commissioner’s Office code of practice for age...more
9/1/2022
/ Algorithms ,
California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
COPPA ,
Data Profiling ,
Data Protection ,
Marketing ,
Online Advertisements ,
Privacy Settings ,
Private Right of Action ,
UK
Television stations licensed in California must file license renewal applications by Monday, August 1, 2022. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) public notice rule, a television station...more
Annual EEO Public File Report-
Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Wisconsin, and California with five or more full-time employees must prepare by...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) now has a full slate of Commissioners with the confirmation and swearing-in of Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who brings an extensive background in privacy issues....more
6/29/2022
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
CafePress ,
COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personal Information ,
Surveillance
The European Commission has reached a provisional political agreement on two legislative proposals that will upend current rules governing digital services, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA)....more
On May 27, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or Agency) released a much-anticipated draft of the regulations that would implement certain provisions of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)....more
6/29/2022
/ Audits ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consent ,
Consumer Requests ,
Data Collection ,
Data Processors ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
New Regulations ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Sensitive Personal Information
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) now has a full slate of Commissioners and it is expected to ramp up privacy and cybersecurity enforcement and rulemaking in a number of critical areas. Join us for a discussion of the FTC’s...more
6/2/2022
/ Biometric Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data Use Policies ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Webinars
On May 10, 2022, Connecticut became the fifth state in the nation to pass its own omnibus privacy legislation, joining California, Virginia, Colorado, and Utah. While Senate Bill 6, the Personal Data Privacy and Online...more
5/23/2022
/ Attorney General ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Connecticut ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Opt-Outs ,
Right To Cure ,
Right To Know ,
State Privacy Laws
Television stations licensed in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming must file license renewal applications by Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or...more
Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming with five or more full-time...more