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[Webinar] No longer amateur hour: The new normal of data preservation - April 24th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Join us for a comprehensive discussion led by distinguished speakers, including U.S. SEC Senior Counsel and Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, as they shed light on navigating the intricate landscape of data...more

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Recent Enforcement Actions Signal FTC Focus on Protecting Location Data

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On January 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its first ever prohibition on the use, sale and disclosure of sensitive location data against X- Mode Social and Outlogic (“X-Mode”), a location data broker. Only...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

FTC Proposes Updates to COPPA Rule

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The FTC is proposing significant changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule to place new restrictions on the use and disclosure of children’s personal information. The COPPA Rule requires websites...more

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FTC Publishes Long-Awaited Proposed Updates to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

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On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the latest step in a process that started in 2019 with an...more

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FTC Proposes Changes to COPPA Rule

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gave privacy lawyers a long-awaited Christmas gift on December 20, 2023: its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule. The NPRM...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Advertising Law Alert: Proposed Revisions to the COPPA Rule

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The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule requires operators of websites and online services that are directed to children under 13 years of age, or that have “actual knowledge” they are collecting personal information...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New York Considers Restricting Employers’ Use of Electronic Monitoring, Automated Decision Tools

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The New York State Senate is considering a bill that would restrict employers and employment agencies (collectively referred to as “employers”) from electronically monitoring New York employees or using automated employment...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Microsoft Xbox to Pay $20 Million to Settle FTC COPPA Violations

The FTC won’t let them be! No, not Eminem, online service providers. Right on the heels of fining Epic Games and Amazon, for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the FTC set its eyes on...more

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FTC Announces Enforcement Action Against Microsoft Over COPPA Violations

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On June 5th, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Microsoft over alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) for its data practices involving its Xbox live product. ...more

Mintz

Microsoft Xbox Alleged COPPA Violations Costly: $20 Million

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Blaming a "data retention glitch," Microsoft has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $20 million to settle allegations that the company's Xbox gaming system has illegally collected personal information from children...more

Epiq

Minimizing Data to Minimize Exposure: Information Governance and Data Security Overlap

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How important is it for organizations to keep track of their data footprint? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) thinks this is crucial. On Jan. 9, 2023, the FTC finalized a consent order following a breach. The order was...more

Hanzo

[Webinar] Luminary Series: How Recent Regulatory Rulings Are Shaping Compliance - July 28th, 1:00 pm ET

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When it comes to ensuring enterprise data is safe, understanding recent rulings from different regulatory bodies and how they affect your organization is a vital first step, followed by reasonable measures to further...more

Wiley Rein LLP

National Privacy Law: Bipartisan Proposed Legislation Regarding Privacy Released

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On June 3, 2022, Senator Wicker (R-Miss.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Representatives Pallone (D-N.J.) and Rodgers (R-Wash.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,...more

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FTC Scrutinizing Ed Tech Providers and Endorsements

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On May 19, 2022, at the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) first open meeting since the confirmation of Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, the FTC unanimously approved two documents that signal its intention to strengthen its...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

What’s Data Minimization? As the Saying Goes, You’ll ‘Know It When (You) See It’

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What do obscenity and data minimization have in common? As Justice Potter Stewart famously wrote in his concurring opinion to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the 1964 free speech case Jacobellis v. Ohio, “I know it...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Digital Health Apps Must Allow Users to Delete Accounts, Per New Apple App Store Rules

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The regulatory scrutiny on telemedicine and digital health companies continues to tighten, whether it is privacy warning shots, new direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising limits, a wave of reimbursement audits, or multistate...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Settles COPPA Action Against “Coloring Book for Adults”

On July 1, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it settled allegations against Toronto-based Kuuhuub Inc., along with Kuuhuub's Finnish subsidiaries Kuu Hubb Oy and Recolor Oy (together, defendants), that...more

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FTC Says that One Cannot Retain the Fruit of the Tainted Tree

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Setting new precedent in the world of data, the FTC has found that the work product of ill-gotten data is no longer retainable by the developer.  On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

FTC Settles with Everalbum Over Misuse of Facial Recognition Technology

On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Everalbum, Inc., the California-based developer of a photo app called “Ever,” with regard to allegations that the company deceived consumers about the...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Wrapping Your Privacy Practices Up with a Bow

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For many companies, the "hap-happiest season of all" coincides with the busiest season of all. Business owners and employees are racing to fill customer orders in time for the holidays, which also means an avalanche of new...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Best Practices For Implementing Internal Security Controls

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Many security risks can be avoided or mitigated by implementing sufficient internal security controls which are tailored to the organization’s size, needs, and specific industry. The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sets...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

This Is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile: Car Hacking and the SPY Car Act

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Not coincidentally, on July 21, 2015, Wired Magazine published an article with groundbreaking evidence of hacking a car wirelessly, and Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced legislation...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Dealing with a Data Broker? Here's What you Need to Know

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The FTC recently released its report, “Data Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability.” The report is the result of a study of nine data brokers and provides legislative recommendations...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FTC Announces COPPA Rule Changes

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its final rule amendments today in the Federal Register updating the FTC regulations that implement the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA Rule)....more

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