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FINRA Provides Update on Social Media Influencers, Customer Acquisition and Related Information Protection

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In February, FINRA provided an update (Update) concerning the targeted exam (Sweep) launched in September 2021 to review firms’ practices concerning customer acquisition through social media channels and the way firms share...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FTC diagnoses common digital practices as both UDAP and breach

In a groundbreaking decision, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it was diagnosing GoodRx’s use of tracking pixel codes and analytics, its digital strategy, as not only an unfair or deceptive act or abusive practice...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Privacy Perils: Off-Facebook Activity

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Whether you use Facebook only occasionally to keep up with friends’ birthdays, sporadically for business-related investigation and due diligence, or daily to guide every aspect of your life, you cannot help but notice pop-up...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Government Launches ‘Smart Data’ Proposals as Data-Portability Agenda Intensifies

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The proposals would grant consumers increasing rights to require providers to share access to their data directly with chosen third parties. The UK government has released a consultation advocating the introduction of...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

With More Than 8 Billion Things, Where Are the IoT Privacy Laws?

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No one knows for sure how many "things" are connected to the Internet, but the Federal Trade Commission reported last year that it was more than 8 billion, and that it would exceed 20 billion by the end of 2020! Astonishing...more

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California and European Privacy FAQs: Can a business share its marketing list with social media platforms in order to target...

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The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") was enacted in early 2018 as a political compromise to stave off a poorly drafted, and plaintiff’s friendly ballot initiative. Although the CCPA is scheduled to go into force in...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: What You Should Know About Your Company’s Privacy Policy

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Except for a handful of laws that apply to specific industries, such as health and financial services, there is no comprehensive federal law that requires companies to have a privacy policy. However, some states, including...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Social Media Class Actions Buy the Farm(Ville): Ninth Circuit Dismisses Consumer Claims Against Zynga and Facebook for Sharing...

Farmville is a game that celebrates the digital harvest: players earn Farm Coins by diligently and systematically harvesting their virtual crops. Yet a different kind of digital harvest – the harvest of user data – was at the...more

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