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FTC Amends COPPA Rule To Address Changes in Technology and Online Practices

On April 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") published in the Federal Register its first major update to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (the "COPPA Rule" or "Rule") since 2013. The COPPA Rule,...more

FTC Articulates Consumer Privacy Concerns – Potential Misuse of Biometric Information and Technologies

On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a policy statement warning that the proliferation of technologies that use or claim to use biometric information may bring risks with regard to consumer privacy and...more

FTC Sues Data Broker Over Sales of Geolocation Data

On August 29, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had filed a complaint in Idaho federal district court against Kochava Inc., a data broker, seeking injunctive relief on account of alleged violations of...more

FTC Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may have just taken its first steps towards the creation of generally applicable federal privacy and security rules. On Aug. 11, 2022, the FTC published an advance notice of proposed...more

FTC COPPA Settlement Requires Deletion of Algorithms

Algorithmic disgorgement is back in the spotlight at the FTC, this time in connection with a recently announced settlement with WW International, Inc., formerly known as Weight Watchers (WW), and a subsidiary called Kurbo,...more

KIDS Act Seeks to Expand Online Protections for Children Under 16

On September 30, 2021, Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) introduced S.2918, the Kids Internet Design and Safety (KIDS) Act, which would expand online protections...more

FTC Warns of Greater Scrutiny Over Biased AI, Offers Best Practices to Mitigate Potential Harm

Building on prior guidance issued in 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently warned in a new blog post that it will use its authority under existing laws to take enforcement action against companies that sell or use...more

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