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Do You Have a Pixel Problem?

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If you do not know what a pixel is, you may have a problem and should read on. This article will explain the recent trend of “pixel litigation” and suggest some ways to help companies avoid liability and avoid becoming...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

FTC Proposes Updates to COPPA Rule

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The FTC is proposing significant changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule to place new restrictions on the use and disclosure of children’s personal information. The COPPA Rule requires websites...more

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The FTC Outlines What It Sees as “The HIdden Impacts of Pixel Tracking”

In a very comprehensive post from the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology, the FTC takes what it calls “[a] deep dive into the technical side of FTC’s recent cases on digital health platforms, GoodRx &...more

Hinch Newman LLP

Lead Generation Compliance Attorney on How Use of Technologies to Track Web Session Data May Violate Law

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Attention Lead Generators. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that use of certain technologies on a websites in order to track and record web session data before obtaining affirmative consent may be a...more

Hanzo

Complying With the FDA’s Advertising Regulations: Why You Need an Interactive Website Archive

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Pharmaceutical advertising is big business. In 2020, pharmaceutical companies spent more than $6.5 billion on advertising. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates advertisements of prescription drugs, but it...more

Brooks Pierce

Like Incorporating Facebook into your Website? EU Decision Raises New Issues

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A ruling by the highest court in the European Union regarding the common practice of putting a Facebook “Like” button on a website could have repercussions for American companies doing business overseas. In late July, the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Website Operator Jointly Liable for Data Collection and Transmission Through Facebook "Like" Button

On July 29, 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its decision in FashionID (Case C-40/17), determining that website operators are jointly liable with plugin providers for data collection and transmission through...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

GDPR User Consent? May not in EU’s $22 BILLION targeted ad website market!

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Reuters.com reported “Some major websites continue to deliver targeted advertisements to users in Europe who have not given consent for their personal information to be used, according to advertising industry sources, owners...more

Carlton Fields

Your Apps May Be Selling You Out

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While most people are vaguely aware, even if they are in denial, that their browsers give advertisers access to their search histories, they are probably unaware that information is being sold or given to third parties via...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Social networking service, MeetMe, Inc., settles minors’ privacy violations for $200,000

On August 19, 2015, MeetMe, Inc. (MeetMe), a social networking website and mobile app, agreed to pay $200,000 and to change its privacy policies to settle a lawsuit alleging that MeetMe distributed teenagers’ geolocation and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The Fingerprint File Doesn’t Have to Bring You Down: NAI Offers Advertisers Guidance on Digital Fingerprinting & Location...

Advertisers who use tools such as location data and newer non-cookie technologies to deliver interest-based advertising must carefully balance the use of those tools with consumer privacy. To achieve this balance, the Network...more

BakerHostetler

Self-Regulatory Authorities Police Online Ad Industry in Another Sweep

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Interest-based advertising (IBA), also known as behavioral advertising, creates profiles of consumers based on their online activities over time and across services, and uses them to send consumers relevant, targeted ads. To...more

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BakerHostetler Partner Alan Friel Talks Big Data and Data Collection

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Alan Friel, Partner with BakerHostetler's Privacy and Data Protection team, talks about compliance programs for companies, consumer data collection, misrepresentation, and data security deficiencies....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Privacy Policies 2.0: Making Disclosures More Meaningful

Website privacy policies are a ubiquitous fact of web life, intended to allow users to easily understand the personal information being collected by a website and how that site uses and shares that information. Over time,...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Privacy Alert: COPPA Amendment Impacts Apps, Ads and Social Networks

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After a two-year comment process, the Federal Trade Commission adopted its long-awaited amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule in December 2012. The amendments, which go into effect July 1, 2013,...more

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