The automobile industry has been racing full speed ahead in recent years on its quest for increased connectivity and automation, but it may soon find itself swept up in the wave of privacy and data security laws and...more
1/3/2020
/ Automotive Industry ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Connected Cars ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Manufacturers ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Risk Management
As many businesses occupy themselves with coming into compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) before the law’s effective date of January 1, 2020, Congress is renewing discussion of a possible comprehensive...more
12/11/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Congressional Committees ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Section 5 ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Data Privacy Laws
On June 12, 2019 Lightyear Dealer Technologies LLC, a company that provides data storage for many of the nation’s largest auto dealers, stipulated to an Order with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) resulting from a 2016 data...more
6/17/2019
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Compliance ,
Consent Order ,
Corporate Executives ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Data Storage ,
Data Storage Providers ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Popular ,
Section 5 ,
Settlement ,
Stipulated Judgment ,
Third-Party
On May 1, 2019, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on “Consumer Perspectives: Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework”—the Committee’s third hearing during this session discussing principles for...more
5/7/2019
/ Biometric Information ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Authority
Continuing Congress’s consideration of possible comprehensive federal privacy legislation, the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing on March 26, 2019 on...more
4/1/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Congressional Committees ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privacy Laws ,
Small Business
Continuing Congress’s efforts to craft comprehensive federal privacy legislation, the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2019, held a hearing on “GDPR & CCPA: Opt-ins, Consumer Control, and the Impact on Competition and...more
3/15/2019
/ Behavioral Advertising ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Legislative Committees ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Small Business
This week both the House and Senate held hearings kicking off the legislative process for federal privacy legislation. Legislators from both parties voiced support for comprehensive and bipartisan legislation. ...more
3/4/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Congressional Committees ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Data Privacy ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Policy ,
Private Right of Action ,
Small Business ,
State and Local Government
The enactment in June 2018 of California’s sweeping new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), has both increased momentum for enactment of a general federal privacy law and spurred state legislatures to...more
2/20/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Congressional Intent ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Covered Entities ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
GAO ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
NIST ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Hearing ,
Trade Associations
The European Data protection Board (“EDPB”), which is composed of representatives of the national data protection authorities, and the European Data Protection Supervisor, adopted its report on the second annual review of the...more
2/4/2019
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Information Reports ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Surveillance ,
Transparency ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On June 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a cease-and-desist order by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued against LabMD, Inc. (LabMD) arising from an FTC enforcement action alleging that...more
6/13/2018
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Cease and Desist Orders ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
LabMD ,
Section 5 ,
Vacated
The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on Wednesday on the nominees to serve on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The nominees are Joseph Simons (Chairman Designate), Christine Wilson, Noah Phillips and Rohit Chopra....more
On January 18th, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released its Annual Privacy and Data Security Update, recapping its enforcement actions, workshops, and other privacy and data security activities in 2017.
Enforcement...more
The Federal Trade Commission Staff (FTC) released a new “Staff Perspective” on January 9, 2018, that highlights key privacy and data security issues related to autonomous and connected vehicles. The Staff Perspective outlines...more
On January 8, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) brought its first-ever privacy and data security case involving Internet-connected toys. VTech Electronics Limited and its US subsidiary (VTech), maker of...more
1/11/2018
/ Children's Toys ,
Connected Items ,
COPPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Parental Consent ,
Popular ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Websites
A district court judge has dismissed an “unfairness” claim included in the FTC’s complaint against D-Link, a connected devices manufacturer selling routers and internet-connected cameras. The FTC had made the claim without...more
The majority of new cars today come with a variety of so-called “connected” features, such as the ability to communicate with one another, Internet-connected features and video content, and even the ability to drive...more
7/6/2017
/ Automotive Industry ,
Connected Cars ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
NHTSA ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
V2V
On May 18, 2017, Martha Blackburn (R-TN), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, introduced H.R. 2520, the Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equality and...more
On February 22, 2017, the FTC settled charges with three companies that, according to the FTC, deceptively claimed that they participated in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Cross-Border Privacy Rules (APEC CBPR). The...more
On February 6, 2017, the FTC and New Jersey Attorney General and Department of Consumer Affairs filed a Complaint and Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment against television manufacturer VIZIO,...more
On January 23, 2017, the FTC Staff released its long-awaited Report (“Report”) on cross-device tracking following its November 2015 workshop on the topic. The Report explains what cross-device tracking is, discusses the...more
On January 5, 2017, the FTC filed a complaint against the Taiwanese company D-Link and its US subsidiary, D-Link Systems. D-Link and its subsidiary manufacture and sell networked devices, including routers and...more
What are the promises and potential privacy pitfalls when you take an old-fashioned television and connect it to the Internet? On December 7, 2016, the FTC hosted the final installment its Fall Technology Series in an effort...more
On November 10, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted LabMD’s motion to stay enforcement, pending appeal, of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order against the company for its allegedly deficient data...more
The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) recently announced that self-regulatory enforcement of its cross-device guidance will begin in February 2017. Accordingly, companies that engage in cross-device tracking and...more
The Federal Trade Commission kicked-off its series of fall technology events with an afternoon workshop exploring ransomware on Wednesday, September 7. While malicious computer code is nothing new, infiltrating computer...more