The UK Information Commissioner’s Office recently reported that it is continuing its review of website cookie banners. It had expressed concern late last year that these banners were not giving “fair choices” because they did...more
Colorado’s Privacy Act regulations have now been finalized, in advance of the law’s July 1 effective date. As we have written previously, the Colorado privacy law applies to companies that conduct business in the state and...more
With six months before the first of the new US state general privacy laws go into effect, there are several steps companies can take now to begin to prepare. Unfortunately there are some parts of compliance that will be...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a new enforcement policy statement about “dark patterns:” programs that attempt to “trap” consumers into service contracts. These programs usually take the form of negative option...more
Providing business teams with advice for sending text messages can be nothing short of frustrating. For businesses used to sending email marketing, the laws for texting are unexpected. Unlike the CAN-SPAM Act, TCPA requires...more
5/5/2021
/ Advertising ,
ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
CAN-SPAM Act ,
Consent ,
Email ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
Marketing ,
Privacy Laws ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
The Network Advertising Initiative, which provides guidance to advertisers who engage in personalized advertising, updated its Code of Conduct (2020 Code) earlier this year to address, inter alia, data collected offline and...more
January 1, 2020, organizations that employ individuals based in Illinois will need to keep in mind the Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act. This Act sets forth new requirements for video-recorded interviews using AI...more
12/4/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consent ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Interviews ,
Job Applicants ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
State Labor Laws ,
Video Recordings ,
Videoconference
The Online Interest Based-Advertising Accountability Program, which enforces privacy principles for digital advertising, recently announced its 100th action. In announcing this landmark, the Accountability Program looked back...more
6/4/2019
/ Advertising ,
Behavioral Advertising ,
Consent ,
Cross-Device ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Mobile Devices ,
Notice Requirements ,
Online Advertisements ,
Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program ,
Opt-Outs ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Web Tracking
The ICO first began its examination of Bounty UK Ltd. (a support club for parents) when the ICO was investigating the data brokerage industry generally, of which it viewed Bounty as taking part (given that it shared member...more
4/18/2019
/ Consent ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Notification Requirements ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
UK
Prior to the “Brexit” vote in 2016, the pro-Brexit campaign, Vote Leave, sent almost 200,000 unsolicited texts in violation of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), according to a recent settlement it...more
Canada’s new guidelines for obtaining consent under PIPEDA are now in effect. Last year federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the Alberta and British Columbia Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioner...more
The U.K. data protection authority recently fined a lead generation company £90,000 ($118,000) for a 2017 unsolicited email marketing campaign. The company, Boost Finance Ltd, sent over 4 million emails promoting pre-paid...more
10/26/2018
/ Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Email ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fines ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Marketing ,
Opt-Outs ,
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation 2003 (PECR). ,
Third-Party ,
UK