In September 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA). Beginning July 1, 2024, the act will require businesses that provide online services or features...more
12/16/2022
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Governor Newsom ,
Impact Assessments ,
Mobile Apps ,
New Legislation ,
Online Gaming ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Webinars
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This week’s U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement cease-and-desist order (Order) In re App Annie Inc., out of the SEC’s San Francisco Regional Office, underscores the importance of taking...more
9/20/2021
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personal Information ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Regulation S-P ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
When Apple announced that one of the major focuses of iOS 14 would be enhancing user privacy, many in the tech community had questions. How would these changes be rolled out? How would they affect not only the mobile...more
11/3/2020
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App Developers ,
Apple ,
Consent ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Disclosure ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Privacy Protection Act ,
Online Safety for Children
On September 4, 2019, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Google and YouTube will pay a record $170 million as part of a settlement over allegations that YouTube violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act...more
9/23/2019
/ Communications Decency Act ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Advertisements ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
User-Generated Content ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites ,
YouTube
The Federal Trade Commission on October 23, 2017, provided guidance on how it will enforce the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) with respect to audio recordings of children. This comes as part of a wave of...more
11/17/2017
/ App Developers ,
Audio Recording ,
Children's Toys ,
COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Internet ,
Mobile Apps ,
Parental Consent ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Smart Devices ,
Websites
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that allegations that personally identifiable information was disclosed without consent in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act were sufficient to...more
5/3/2017
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CNN ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Digital Media ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing ,
Subscribers ,
VPPA ,
Web Tracking
FCC Issues Controversial TCPA Order Further Expanding Definition of Autodialer, Providing Limited Protections to App Developers -
On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a much-anticipated...more
On August 1, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report entitled What’s the Deal? An FTC Study on Mobile Shopping Apps (the FTC Report). The FTC Report is based on a study the FTC conducted (the FTC Study) to...more
A California Superior Court judge has dismissed with prejudice a privacy suit brought by California Attorney General Kamala Harris against Delta Airlines. The complaint, filed in December of 2012, alleged that Atlanta-based...more
After a two-year comment process, the Federal Trade Commission adopted its long-awaited amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule in December 2012. The amendments, which go into effect July 1, 2013,...more
1/21/2013
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Behavioral Advertising ,
COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Notice Requirements ,
Parental Consent ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Safe Harbors ,
Social Media ,
Websites
The People of the State of California v. Delta Air Lines Inc., No. 12-526741 (Superior Court for the State of California, City and County of San Francisco filed Dec. 6, 2012).
On Thursday, December 6, 2012, California...more