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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 -

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 5

Dechert LLP on 1/14/2022

FTC Announces Regulatory Priorities for 2022 - On December 10, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published its Statement of Regulatory Priorities (“Announcement”) for 2022. The FTC’s priorities for the coming year...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2021 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/13/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Cryptoheister(s) Return Stolen Booty - Cryptocurrency platform Poly Network, which allows users to swap different types of digital tokens, was the victim of a cryptoheist that resulted in the thief...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

Jones Day on 11/21/2017

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

How to Avoid and Respond to a Cybersecurity Breach

Troutman Pepper on 9/17/2015

In light of numerous recent data breaches, cybersecurity has emerged as an issue impacting organizations ranging from the local hardware store to the largest multi-national firms in the world. In short, no industry is immune...more

FTC Can Regulate Cybersecurity Practices, Third Circuit Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/1/2015

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can regulate cybersecurity policies and procedures as “unfair” acts or practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in a very important...more

Third Circuit Affirms FTC Authority to Police Whether Companies Have Reasonable Data Security

Perkins Coie on 8/27/2015

Since at least 2005, the Federal Trade Commission has asserted that it may regulate lax data security practices as an “unfair” business practice under Section 5 of the FTC Act. The Wyndham hotel chain was the first to...more

New Potential Liability for Data Security: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Announces FTC has Authority to Scrutinize a...

Bilzin Sumberg on 8/26/2015

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit announced that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has the authority to scrutinize a business’s data security protocol -- and to file a complaint if the FTC finds that protocol...more

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