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New Congress Expected to Zoom to Private Sector Investigations

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Perhaps no use case better exemplifies the rapidly evolving privacy law landscape in the US than the legal framework surrounding companies’ use of cookies, pixels, and other web trackers. The 119th Congress brings new...more

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FTC’s Enforcement Action Against Avast Signals Increased Focus on Consumer Web Data

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been actively flexing its authority as a privacy regulator in recent months. The agency has been especially focused on identifying data practices it views to be “unfair”, thereby...more

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Consent Has Never Been More ‎Important: Take-Aways From the FTC Settlement Relating to ‎‎Tracking Technologies

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Litigation over tracking tools, such as cookies and pixels, has become commonplace over the past few years. In general, plaintiffs’ claims revolve around the collection and sharing of data through session replay and/or...more

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FTC Focuses on Pixel Tracking, and Not Just at Healthcare Companies

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently took enforcement action against digital healthcare companies for sharing user information vie third-party tracking pixels, which enable the collection of user data....more

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HIPAA Regulated Entities: Website or App Tracking Technologies, Pixels Can Create Significant Compliance and Litigation Risks

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Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a bulletin with guidance concerning the use of online tracking technologies by covered entities and business associates...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The Privacy and Antitrust Paradox in the Age of Data

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It used to be privacy was largely the domain of constitutional law and patient health care law: the Fourth Amendment, and then the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)....more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

New York Sen. Gillibrand Proposes Data Protection Agency to Regulate Collection, Sharing of Personal Information

A cynical online commenter once wrote this about the data collection practices of the online news site Digg: “If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.” This is true of almost...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Seeks Comments on COPPA

The Federal Trade Commission is requesting comments and input on the effectiveness of the 2013 amendments it made to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule. Although the FTC typically reviews its rules every ten years,...more

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More Broken Privacy Promises from Upromise: Key Takeaways From Upromise’s Latest Settlement with the FTC

“Don’t make promises that you don’t intend to keep” is an admonishment received by every child and delivered by every parent. This pithy maxim is equally applicable to consent orders entered into with regulatory authorities....more

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FTC Final Order Prohibits Epic Marketplace From "History Sniffing"

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The FTC recently approved a final order settling charges against Epic Marketplace, Inc. (“Epic”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Epic Media Group, LLC. This action against Epic is another step in the FTC’s continuing efforts to...more

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