Website privacy controls—in the form of banners and pop-ups asking visitors to agree to, or reject, a website’s use of cookies, pixels, and similar technologies used to track their behavior—are becoming ubiquitous. In the...more
8/6/2024
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cookies ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Information Technology ,
New York ,
Privacy Policy ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
State Attorneys General ,
Websites
The FTC announced an action last week against location data broker X-Mode Social and its corporate successor Outlogic (collectively, “X-Mode”) based on several alleged violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act. According to FTC...more
1/17/2024
/ Consent Order ,
Consumer Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Geolocation ,
Location Data ,
Location Privacy ,
Mobile Apps ,
National Security ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Section 5 ,
Statutory Violations
As we discussed last year, the California Attorney General’s Office (“OAG”) has been wielding its enforcement authority under the California Consumer Privacy Act since the law became enforceable in July 2020. But for two...more
9/21/2022
/ Adtech ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Opt-Outs ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Retail Tracking ,
Retailers ,
Sephora ,
Statutory Violations
Since 2018, a consistent stream of newly adopted privacy laws and other regulatory developments (such as GDPR, CCPA, Schrems II, and the new EU Standard Contractual Clauses) has required companies to make regular updates to...more
1/10/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
CDPA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Contract Drafting ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Information ,
Service Agreements ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Third-Party Service Provider