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COPPA Is Back in the Saddle: FTC Publishes Final Rule for Children’s Privacy

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Just as we’re getting ready to pick out our cowboy boots and bolo ties for Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) published its long-awaited finalized amendments (Final Rule) to the...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Tips to Reduce Risk of Exposure to UID2 Class Actions

Businesses need to remain vigilant regarding recent developments in consumer-based data privacy class actions. In recent weeks, the plaintiff class action bar has filed several lawsuits against The Trade Desk Inc. related to...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

5 Reasons Virginia’s New Reproductive and Sexual Health Privacy Law is a BFD for Business (Spoiler: There’s a Private Right of...

In a development that seems to have flown mostly under the radar this week, Virginia’s governor signed on Monday SB754, a bill passed by the state’s General Assembly that amends the state’s Consumer Protection Act to strictly...more

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Scientific American Unable to Kick VPPA Class Action

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In a notable development for corporate defendants grappling with consumer privacy litigation, the Southern District of New York has recently issued a decision in Lee v. Springer Nature America, Inc., embracing a broadened...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Significant Shift in the Israeli Privacy Protection Authority’s Definition of Consent

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) has issued a new statement introducing a significant change in the interpretation of the law and in the required methods for obtaining consent to the collection and processing of...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Do You Need Help With TCR Registration?

If you are the owner of a telemarketing business, there is a good chance that you are familiar with The Campaign Registry (“TCR”). TCR registration is essential for businesses for several reasons. Crucially, it ensures that...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

FTC Finalizes Long-Awaited Child Online Privacy Rule Amendments

On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule (Final Rule) relating to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Your Online Business Could Be the Next Target for Costly Data Privacy Lawsuits

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If your business operates online and uses common marketing tools, your business is at risk of being targeted for lawsuits under pre-internet wiretapping and video rental privacy laws. It is critical to address and mitigate...more

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Landmark Privacy Regulations Could Soon Require Colorado Employers to Comply With Biometric Info Law: 3 Tips to Stay Protected

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Colorado employers could soon need to comply with the disclosure and consent requirements of the state’s privacy act when they collect biometric identifiers from employees or applicants – which would make Colorado the first...more

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Privacy Floodgates Open: 13 U.S. State Data Protection Bring About Major Changes

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Global Privacy Controls, vendor management, sensitive personal information, and the use of Ad Tech; new U.S. state data protection laws introduce twists to traditional notions of American data protection law. In the U.S.,...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Maine State Legislature Considering (Again) a BIPA-Like Statute

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On May 22, 2023, the Maine Legislature held a public hearing on “H.P. 1094, An Act to Give Consumers Control Over Sensitive Personal Data By Requiring Consumer Consent Prior to Collection of Data” (“H.P. 1094”). H.P. 1094,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

To Clarify the Meaning CCPA, CPPA Issues Initial Statement of Reasons for New Regs

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“Businesses, service providers, and contractors are to comply with not just the letter of the (California Consumer Privacy Act), but the spirit of the law.” That is according to a new Initial Statement of Reasons issued...more

Carlton Fields

CF on Cyber: An Update on the Florida Security of Communications Act (FSCA)

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Since the beginning of 2021, more than two dozen class action cases have been filed in Florida state court under Florida's Security of Communications Act. The act has, in some form, been on the books for more than 50 years....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

New York Gets Ready to Jump on the Biometric Bandwagon

Companies that do business in New York or with New Yorkers could soon face an onslaught of biometric privacy-related litigation, courtesy of New York Assembly Bill 27, the Biometric Privacy Act (“BPA”). Currently pending...more

International Lawyers Network

Don’t Smile at the Camera – New Biometric Data Laws

Biometric data is seen as a preferred means of identification by many businesses. Unlocking a smartphone using facial recognition and other biometric identifiers, for example, gives users the feeling as if they are more...more

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JONES DAY PRESENTS®: AI: Security and Privacy Risks with Big Data

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Emerging technology and evolving legal principles collide as artificial intelligence raises more questions than it answers. Privacy, consent/disclosure, repurposing, facial recognition and automated phishing attacks are some...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Global Regulatory Guidance for COVID-19 Privacy and Security Issues

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More than 60 U.S. and global data protection authorities and governmental agencies have issued guidance on health data collection, COVID-19 diagnosis disclosure, work-at-home practices, and return-to-work approaches. The...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

Use of PHI for Non-Patient Purposes

In an era of decreasing reimbursement and rapidly expanding opportunities associated with “big data”, healthcare entities may be looking for ways to monetize protected health information (“PHI”) for their own, non-patient...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

HHS Proposes Revisions to Part 2 Regulations Governing Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Records - Healthcare Alert

On August 26, 2019, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), published its much-anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking to revise 42...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

Move over, CCPA? New York Considers Sweeping Data Privacy Law

New York’s state legislature is considering a new data privacy law that would set the standard for data privacy in the U.S. The New York Privacy Act (the “NYPA” or the “Act”), which is currently being considered by the state...more

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Privacy FAQs: If a website participates in behavioral advertising, does the CCPA require that it disclose that it is “selling”...

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The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") was enacted in early 2018 as a political compromise to stave off a poorly drafted, and plaintiff’s friendly ballot initiative. Although the CCPA is scheduled to go into force in...more

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GDPR Alert: Google Gets Biggest Fine Ever Issued by a European Data Protection Authority

On 21 January 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (the “French DPA”) fined Google LLC 50 million euros for breach of the GDPR. As we reported on this blog, just after GDPR became applicable, noyb.eu (None of Your...more

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