On January 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published final rules (the Final Rules) to prohibit or restrict transactions by U.S. persons that could result in access to sensitive data by persons associated with...more
Companies that may have child users, or whose competitors have child users, take note. On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the final amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule...more
On October 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement Executive Order 14117, which authorizes the Attorney General to prohibit or restrict transactions by U.S....more
On May 9, 2024, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed HB 603, the Maryland Age-Appropriate Design Code (Maryland AADC). The Maryland AADC builds on Maryland’s Online Data Privacy Act, which was signed into law the same day and...more
5/22/2024
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Maryland ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Social Media ,
Websites
The recent omnibus foreign relations package signed by President Biden on April 24, 2024, includes the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (the Act), a set of sweeping privacy provisions...more
2023 was one of the busiest years for privacy yet—with more to come in 2024. Five new U.S. state privacy laws (in Texas, Florida, Oregon, Montana, and Washington) will come into effect in 2024. And federal and state...more
1/4/2024
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Biometric Information ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinTech ,
State Data Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws
On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) that would place significant new restrictions on companies that collect...more
12/22/2023
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Websites
On October 24, 2023, a bipartisan coalition of 33 states’ attorneys general filed suit against Meta Platforms, Inc., alleging in a lengthy complaint that Meta’s social media platform features are unsafe and designed to induce...more
On October 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its long-awaited proposed rule regulating “Personal Financial Data Rights” (the proposed rule). The proposed rule implements Section 1033 of the...more
On June 3, 2022, members of the U.S. Congress released a bipartisan, bicameral discussion draft of a comprehensive national data privacy and data security framework. The draft is notable in that it reflects a compromise on...more
On April 19, 2022, the BBB National Programs' Center (BBB NP) for Industry Self-Regulation launched the TeenAge Privacy Program (TAPP) Roadmap, a new operational framework to help companies develop digital products and...more
On February 16, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a proposed settlement order in federal court in its case against WW International, Inc (formerly known as Weight Watchers International, Inc.) and its subsidiary...more
2/23/2022
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Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Online Platforms ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Websites
On October 27, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a final rule that updates the Safeguards Rule of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Final Rule). This Final Rule comes after the FTC sought comment on proposed changes...more
11/3/2021
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Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Personally Identifiable Information
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently granted a petition by Sears Holding Management requesting that the FTC reopen and modify a 2009 FTC order settling charges that Sears failed to disclose adequately the scope of...more
5/25/2018
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Retail Market ,
Retail Tracking ,
Retailers ,
Sears ,
Software
On September 5, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it and 32 state attorneys general had settled charges with Lenovo, Inc., regarding the company’s practice of pre-loading advertising software on its...more
11/21/2017
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Examination Priorities ,
Failure To Disclose ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Lenovo ,
Software ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices