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Alston & Bird

California AG Announces $500,000 Settlement with Mobile Game App Company for Unlawful Collection and Sharing of Children’s Data

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On June 18, 2024, California Attorney General (“AG”) Rob Bonta and Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto announced a settlement with a video game developer and publisher regarding allegations that the company...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

California AG Continues Privacy Enforcement: Tilting Point Media Settles for Alleged COPPA and CCPA Violations

In an ongoing effort to enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the California Attorney General's Office (CAG) announced a recent settlement against Tilting...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California Attorney General Settles Third CCPA Enforcement Action

Following the Sephora and DoorDash enforcement actions, on June 18, 2024, the California Attorney General announced its third California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement action against Tilting Point Media LLC. Tilting...more

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Third CCPA Enforcement Settlement with California Attorney General and Los Angeles City Attorney Announced Against Mobile Game App

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In a joint press release published on June 18, the California Attorney General and Los Angeles City Attorney announced a settlement with Tilting Point Media LLC (Tilting Point) in connection with alleged violations of the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

New York Legislature Passes a Pair of Bills to Protect Children's Privacy Online

On June 7, 2023, the New York legislature passed the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act (SAFE Act or the Act) and the New York Child Data Protection Act (CDPA), both aimed at protecting children online. The...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

43 AGs Urge FTC to Update Child Online Privacy Rules

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On March 7, 2024, a bipartisan coalition of 43 state attorneys general sent to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) a letter urging the FTC to update the regulations (“COPPA Rules”) implementing the Children’s Online Privacy...more

King & Spalding

FTC Proposes Stricter Children’s Privacy Rules in First COPPA Update since 2013

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On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed revisions to its rules administering the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The updates both expand the universe of businesses subject...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Proposes Significant Changes to COPPA Rule

On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) that would place significant new restrictions on companies that collect...more

Burr & Forman

Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule Q&A

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COPPA, or the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, was designed to protect the privacy of children under 13 years of age by giving their parents certain tools to control how the child's information can and cannot be...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Continues Focus on Children’s Privacy

The FTC recently took two well-publicized steps in the children’s privacy space. First, it penalized WW International (formerly, Weight Watchers) and its subsidiary, Kurbo, for alleged COPPA violations. Second, it unanimously...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Smart Watch Maker Settles with CARU Over Privacy Policy and Parental Consent

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit recently settled with TickTalk Tech, LLC over its information collection practices. CARU, a self-regulatory body that reaches voluntary settlements with companies, conducts regular...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FTC COPPA Settlement Requires Deletion of Algorithms

Algorithmic disgorgement is back in the spotlight at the FTC, this time in connection with a recently announced settlement with WW International, Inc., formerly known as Weight Watchers (WW), and a subsidiary called Kurbo,...more

Cozen O'Connor

Not Just Fun And Games: Angry Birds Allegedly Violate Children’s Privacy

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New Mexico AG Hector Balderas sued mobile game developer Rovio Entertainment Corporation (“Rovio”) over allegations that it collects personal information from children in violation of the federal Children’s Online Privacy...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Impact of the CARU Advertising Guidelines Change On Privacy

As discussed in our sister blog, CARU’s revised Ad Guidelines go into effect on January 1, 2022. While the core principles of the guidelines have not changed, they now include new content to account for today’s advertising...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI...

COPPA Applies to Adult Coloring Book App That Also Targeted Children

Once again, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has made it clear that absent parental consent, the personal information of children under 13 is off-limits to companies operating online applications and websites. On July 1,...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

BakerHostetler

AD-ttorneys@law – June 2021 #1

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Will COPPA Enter Its Surly Teenage Years as CTOPPA? Bipartisan bill aims to beef up everyone’s favorite kiddie privacy law - Data-luge - It’s now a truism of our collective pandemic experience that the mass adoption of online...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

No Discord Here: CARU Determines Social Media Platform Complies With COPPA

On October 6, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) announced its finding that Discord, a social media platform that provides text, voice and video communication services via desktop, browser and mobile applications,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

KleptoCats Maker Settles With FTC Over Failure To Get Parental Consent

HyperBeard, the makers of several children’s mobile apps (including KleptoCats), recently settled with the FTC over failure to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting children’s personal information online, in...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Tracking Kids Through Your App? Think Again.

Klepto Cats and Dogs have been “stealing” children’s personal information without parental consent and using it for targeted advertising. Bad dog! Well, almost. HyperBeard, Inc., a developer of apps popular with children...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FTC COPPA Settlement Shows Ongoing Rift Over Privacy Harm

The FTC’s most recent COPPA enforcement action, announced on June 4 with app developer HyperBeard, provides evidence of an ongoing debate within the Commission about privacy harm and the role of monetary relief in the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Children's Online Privacy Education (COPE)

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Especially with their children now homebound, bored and seeking virtual social contact, many parents are particularly concerned about educating their children – preschool through high school — of the risks inherent in social...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Parents Sue TikTok for COPPA Violations, Settle for $1.1M

Within days of two parents of underage children filing a putative class action against TikTok’s parent company, asserting violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the parties have reached a deal to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Congressional Resolution Pushes Tech Industry to Develop Self-Regulatory Body to Protect Children from Harmful App Content

Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Ben McAdams (D-UT) introduced a resolution on November 20 that calls for the tech industry to establish an app rating board to help guide consumer choice and protect children from...more

BakerHostetler

Children’s Privacy Law Updates: Tricks or Treats?

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It’s finally here! Halloween, the day every kid dreams of for months....more

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