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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1998 to protect children's privacy by regulating what personal information may be collected from children's online activity. The law applies to commercial websites and online services directed at children under thirteen years of age and regulates how personal information may be collected, stored or used. less -

Data Privacy Week 2025: The Current Privacy Landscape

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 1/29/2025

Welcome back to the second installment of our three-part series for Data Privacy Week 2025. We previously discussed the foundations of data privacy laws, and now we will focus on the current landscape of U.S. state privacy...more

Privacy Points 2024: Recap and What to Watch For in 2024

Benesch on 1/18/2024

Last year proved to be a big year in data protection with U.S. state data protection laws popping up across the country, the FTC updating its guidance and regulations on everything from data breaches and biometric...more

FTC Announces Enforcement Actions Against Amazon’s Alexa and Ring Divisions for Violations of User Privacy

WilmerHale on 6/7/2023

On May 31, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced two separate enforcement actions against Amazon—one involving its cloud-based voice service, Alexa, and the other involving Ring, its smart doorbell...more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: May 30, 2023

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/31/2023

Keypoint: Last week the Texas legislature passed consumer data privacy, children’s social media, and data broker bills while the Nevada Assembly passed an amended version of its health data privacy bill. ...more

Eye On Privacy: 2021 Year in Review

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/12/2022

Just as we thought 2022 was going to be significantly different than 2021, December 2021 and January 2022 events have thrown us for another (pandemic) loop. We anticipate that some of the privacy and cybersecurity...more

As Voice Recognition Technology Market Surges, Organizations Face Privacy And Cybersecurity Concerns

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/10/2020

A new report released by Global Market Insights, Inc. last month estimates that the global market valuation for voice recognition technology will reach approximately $7 billion by 2026, in main part due to the surge of AI and...more

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