On April 22, FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak delivered the opening keynote at the IAPP Global Summit, where she emphasized the importance of vigorously enforcing privacy laws while warning against stretching the FTC’s...more
On Jan. 16, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced long-awaited and significant updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, the first revisions since 2013. These updates apply to online...more
On July 7, the FTC and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the developer of an anonymous messaging app (NGL Labs,...more
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K-12 school districts across the country continue to be targeted by threat actors looking to steal sensitive personal information. Examples of this can be seen in the recent incidents affecting the Pearland Independent School...more
The Continued Regulation of Geolocation Data - There is a myriad of geolocation data use-cases in automotive applications that provide direct benefits to and are controlled by consumers. This commentary focuses on the...more
As the year ends, privacy and legal departments have a final opportunity to audit external facing privacy statements and other website practices to ensure compliance with the California privacy law amendments which come into...more
TV and movies introduced biometric identification as a futuristic concept ages ago. Security on Star Trek was cutting edge with voice ID making sure the right personnel were in command of the Enterprise. Facial recognition,...more