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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act › Invasion of Privacy

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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 -

“Fortnite” Creator Agrees to Pay a Record Penalty for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws

Polsinelli on 2/14/2023

On December 19, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the U.S. Department of Justice jointly announced that Epic Games Inc. (“Epic Games”) will pay two record fines, in twin settlements, totaling half a billion...more

No VPPA Liability for Disclosure of Certain Anonymous Digital Identifiers

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 7/1/2016

Another court has contributed to the ongoing debate over the scope of the term “personally identifiable information” under the Video Privacy Protection Act – a statute enacted in 1988 to protect the privacy of consumers’...more

Third Circuit Tackles New VPPA and Other Privacy Questions in In re Nickelodeon Consumer Privacy Litigation

WilmerHale on 6/30/2016

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals handed the defendants a partial victory in In re Nickelodeon Consumer Privacy Litigation on June 27. While its decision last year in In re Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy...more

Mattel gets hit with class action over Hello Barbie’s invasion of children’s privacy

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/11/2015

We reported last month ago about the release of Mattel’s new Hello Barbie (and the “Hell No Barbie Campaign), with the capability to ‘carry a conversation’ with a child using speech recognition software and storage of...more

California Privacy Law Update: What to Prepare for in 2015 and Beyond

Troutman Pepper on 1/5/2015

California Governor Edmund G. Brown has been busy over the last year and a half, signing several bills into law that strengthen California’s privacy laws in various areas. The bills range in scope from invasion of privacy and...more

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