The FTC and DOJ Act Against Amazon to Protect Privacy
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On June 25, 2024, Rhode Island became the 20th state to enact a comprehensive consumer data protection law, the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (“RIDTPPA”). The state joins Kentucky, Maryland,...more
On May 17, 2024, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed SB 361/HB 707 amending the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act ("VCDPA") to provide heightened protections to consumers under 18 years of age, not just those under...more
Early this week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it had fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers for sharing access to customers’ geolocation information without consent and without taking reasonable...more
The Brazilian Data Protection Law (LGPD) in effect since 2020 is starting to show its effects in the litigation landscape. Although the Brazilian National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) has been fairly active since it...more
Following several years of investigating the common practices in the space, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached its first settlement with a data broker over the alleged collection and sale of location information that...more
In this episode of his "Clearly Conspicuous" podcast series, "The FTC and DOJ Act Against Amazon to Protect Privacy," consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta analyzes the recent actions that the Federal Trade Commission...more
On September 12, 2023, Delaware governor John Carney signed the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (the “DPDPA” or the “Act”) into law. The DPDPA protects the privacy rights of consumers in Delaware and regulates the...more
This is Part Two in a series of legal updates on the Washington My Health My Data Act (“WMHMDA”) where Quarles is doing a deep dive into the various factors and intricacies of the Act that are shaping up to create a sea of...more
Today, the cell phone has become ubiquitous. It likely goes where you go — to the office, to the grocery store, to the gym. Your favorite restaurant. Your doctor’s appointment. Your house of worship. While it’s almost always...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) on Monday, August 29, 2022, sued Idaho-based Kochava Inc., a data broker, in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho, seeking a permanent injunction and other relief for...more
INRIX, a company that provides location-based data analytics, has been collecting, analyzing, and selling aggregated vehicle, traffic, and parking data for over 17 years. Now, after the Roe v. Wade decision, INRIX is under...more
The Italian Garante per la Protezione dei dati Personali (‘Italian SA’) published a decision of February 10, 2022 in which it imposes a 20 million EUR fine on a company outside of Europe for violation of the EU General Data...more
The state of Virginia might be the next state to enact a privacy law. Senate Bill No. 1392 recently passed the Senate and is likely on its way to Governor Ralph Northam’s desk....more
Last month, New York’s legislature reintroduced the New York Privacy Act, Assembly Bill A680, which shares many features in common with the California Privacy Rights Act, including consumer rights and transparency. The...more
This is the fifth alert in a series of Bradley installments on privacy and cybersecurity developments arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 7, 2020, five United States senators introduced a bill aimed at protecting...more
On April 30th, U.S. Senators from across multiple committees joined together to announce legislation that would protect consumer privacy rights in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chair of the...more
At the beginning of 2020, a Federal privacy law, similar to that of GDPR or PIPEDA, was a faint and distant reality. However, in light of some mobile device and other monitoring being considered because of the COVID-19...more
A number of private and government entities have released apps and software development kits (SDKs) relying on location tracking data to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. While the use of such technologies are being hotly...more
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues its march across the globe, particularly in Europe, and countries take increasingly drastic actions to counter the threat, employers are implementing measures across their...more
We’ve all seen the funny faces appearing across the internet as friends and family use the FaceApp to see what they may look like in 30 to 50 years. The resulting images are wrinkled and gray, but the trade made—instead of...more
Polsinelli is pleased to share The Privacy Survival Guide. This newsletter is a designated source of news, information and guidance on the constantly evolving health care privacy industry. ...more
The closure of four cases involving targeted advertising provides lessons for navigating compliance standards under the GDPR. The recent closure of cases brought by the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) against four...more
Last week’s Privacy Tip centered on how our cell phone geolocation data is being sold by the telephone companies Cell Phone Geolocation Data Being Sold. ...more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the successor to the Article 29 working party, recently provided long-awaited guidance on the territorial scope set forth in Article 3 of the General Data Protection Regulation...more
Smartphones, websites, and other connected devices (e.g., “wearables”) increasingly request that consumers provide their geo-location information. Geolocation information can refer to general information about a consumer’s...more