Personal Information, Data Collection, Location Data

FTC Cracks Down on Selling Sensitive Location Info, Restricts Use of Consumer Data for 1st Time

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/9/2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced two significant enforcement actions last week – one against data broker Mobilewalla, Inc. and the other against data analytics provider Gravy Analytics, Inc. (and its subsidiary...more

Behind the Scenes but Not Above the Law: Advertising Platform OpenX To Pay $2 Million FTC Settlement

Husch Blackwell LLP on 12/21/2021

Keypoint: Advertising platform settles with the FTC over allegations that it collected location data without consent and collected information from child-directed apps without notice or parental consent in violation of the...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2021

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 3/1/2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 2 (February 2021) - The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation (FHKC), a Medicaid managed care plan, said one of its vendors, Jelly Bean Communications Design, experienced a security incident...more

Google's Data Collection Practices Face Scrutiny in Recent Lawsuit

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/27/2020

Google has recently been named in three lawsuits that challenge how it collects users' personal information and whether users can opt out of the collection. Each of these cases raises important issues relating to notice and...more

President Trump Issues Executive Orders Prohibiting Transactions with the Makers of TikTok and WeChat

Perkins Coie on 8/12/2020

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders (the EOs) on August 6, 2020, an Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok (TikTok EO) and an Executive Order on Addressing the Threat Posed by WeChat (WeChat...more

Key Considerations and Guidance for Employers on How to Comply with GDPR During the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/10/2020

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