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
In another example of the agency’s practice of regulation by blog, the FTC published last week a Business Blog Post about protecting consumer health information. The post, which summarizes key points from several recent...more
8/1/2023
/ Advertising ,
Consumer Information ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Marketing ,
PHI ,
Privacy Policy ,
Section 5 ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
European data protection authorities kicked 2023 off with a bang when, on January 4, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that Meta Platforms Ireland would be fined a total of €390 million (roughly $414...more
1/19/2023
/ Behavioral Advertising ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Data Collection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
Facebook ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Instagram ,
Ireland ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Notice Rule ,
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