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Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Provides New Online Tool to Report California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) Violations

It’s time for a compliance check on those website or mobile app privacy policies, before the California Attorney General comes knocking. Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has announced the release of a new tool for...more

Troutman Pepper

California Attorney General 'Crowdsources' Reporting of Privacy Policy Violations

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This initiative by the Attorney General is effective immediately and is just the latest example of California’s effort to increase enforcement of laws aimed at protecting the privacy and data security of individual consumers....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

California Helps Consumers Crowdsource Privacy Policy Violations

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California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced yesterday that her office has rolled out a new online form to help consumers report companies who violate California’s Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA). Under the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

California Court of Appeal Finds AG’s Privacy Suit Over Fly Delta Mobile App Is Preempted

In a recent ruling, California’s Court of Appeal unanimously affirmed the dismissal of California’s complaint against Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”), which alleged that the company’s Fly Delta mobile application violated...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Delta Wins CalOPPA Case – But Your Mobile App May Not Fly

In a decision favorable to the airline industry—but not helpful to other companies—the California Court of Appeal said that a privacy enforcement action against Delta is not going to fly. On May 25, 2016, the Court of Appeal...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

California Does It Again! - Recommends Best Practices for the Mobile App Industry

In last month’s Technology Advisory, I described recent actions of the California Attorney General designed to improve privacy protections for users of mobile applications. This included an agreement the California Attorney...more

Snell & Wilmer

Designing for Privacy & Web Success

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Originally published in Website Magazine, on January 18, 2013. It is a safe prediction for 2013 that public awareness of websites’ data privacy issues will continue to increase. In the last few years, popular websites,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy Update - January 2013

In This Update: - Video Privacy Protection Act Amended to Allow Sharing of Online Viewing Histories Through Social Media Platforms - New State Laws Prohibit Employers From Requesting Social Media Passwords From...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Recent Privacy Developments: California AG Continues to Lead on Mobile with New Recommendations and FTC Amends COPPA

Nearly all businesses today are involved in some way in the development or distribution of mobile applications. The first part of this Client Alert highlights recent activities of the California State Attorney General to...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

California’s Attorney General Releases Privacy Recommendations for Mobile Apps

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California’s Attorney General released, on January 10, 2013, a lengthy set of recommended privacy practices aimed at app developers, app platform providers, mobile ad networks, operating system developers, and mobile...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

Privacy Resolutions for Mobile App Providers in the New Year

The end of 2012 saw a flurry of activity in the area of privacy enforcement. In July, Kamala Harris, the Attorney General of California, announced the formation of California's own state agency to investigate and enforce the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law -- Jan 02, 2013

In This Issue: Does a Virtual Pet Site Violate COPPA?; Legislative Updates: Geolocation bill and VPPA Updates Advance, ECPA Update Stalls; Dunkin’s “Best Coffee” Slogan Can’t Be Trademarked; Takeoff: First California...more

Morgan Lewis

Increasing Scrutiny of Consumer Data Collection

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Recent FTC and California Attorney General actions highlight the need to reassess privacy policies. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently ordered the data brokerage industry to provide information on the collection...more

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