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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1998 to protect children's privacy by regulating what personal information may be collected from children's online activity. The law applies to commercial websites and online services directed at children under thirteen years of age and regulates how personal information may be collected, stored or used. less -

Rhode Island’s New Data Privacy Law

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/12/2024

Some writers (not from my great state of Rhode Island) act like Rhode Island has been behind the times when it comes to data privacy and security when discussing Rhode Island’s new privacy law. I feel a need to explain that...more

Holland & Knight Data Privacy and Security Report: December 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/12/2024

Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly data privacy and security news update that includes the latest in policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments....more

Federal Trade Commission Finalizes Order Holding Drizly, LLC and Its CEO Accountable for Data Security Failures

Snell & Wilmer on 1/25/2023

On January 9, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) finalized an order with Drizly, LLC, an online marketplace for alcohol delivery services, and its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), James Cory Rellas over alleged...more

More Privacy, Please - October 2022

Troutman Pepper on 10/18/2022

Editor’s Note: In the U.S. laws and regulation space, the White House is focusing on privacy, evident through its session on accountability for big tech and the recent executive order highlighting cybersecurity risks....more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2022

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/3/2022

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review Connecticut’s passage of a comprehensive privacy law (making it the fifth state to do so), the newly enacted federal Better Cybercrime Metrics Act, New York’s new law...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2022 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/11/2022

CYBERSECURITY - Chinese APT41 Attacking State Networks - Although we are receiving frequent alerts from CISA and the FBI about the potential for increased cyber threats coming out of Russia, China continues its cyber...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 5

Dechert LLP on 1/14/2022

FTC Announces Regulatory Priorities for 2022 - On December 10, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published its Statement of Regulatory Priorities (“Announcement”) for 2022. The FTC’s priorities for the coming year...more

Eye On Privacy: 2021 Year in Review

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/12/2022

Just as we thought 2022 was going to be significantly different than 2021, December 2021 and January 2022 events have thrown us for another (pandemic) loop. We anticipate that some of the privacy and cybersecurity...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2021 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/17/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Update on Apache log4j and Kronos Security Incidents - It was a crazy weekend for cyber-attacks. People seem surprised, but those of us in the industry aren’t surprised one bit. It is very logical and...more

FTC Chair Khan’s Vision for Privacy (Competition, and Big Tech), and Some Dissents

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 10/4/2021

Last week, we wrote about FTC Chair Khan’s memo describing her plans to transform the FTC’s approach to its work. This week, she followed up with a no-less-ambitious statement laying out her vision for data privacy and...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2021 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/27/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Emerging Ransomware Groups Getting into the Action - According to a report issued on August 24, 2021, by Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks Ransomware Groups to Watch: Emerging Threats, four emerging ransomware...more

5 Takeaways from the FTC’s First COPPA Settlement Over Internet-Connected Toys

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/24/2018

The Federal Trade Commission on Jan. 8 announced its first settlement of alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act arising from internet-connected toys. The FTC complaint against VTech followed the...more

Senate Commerce Committee Members Air Laundry List of Pressing Issues Including Privacy, Data Security, and FTC Enforcement

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 10/3/2016

On September 27th, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a general oversight hearing of the FTC, which covered a multitude of major policy issues and included testimony from Chairwoman Edith...more

Advertising Law - December 2015 #4

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 12/22/2015

Copper-Infused Apparel Company Settles With FTC for $1.4M - Tommie Copper, Inc. and company founder Thomas Kallish reached a deal with the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that they misled consumers by claiming...more

How to Avoid and Respond to a Cybersecurity Breach

Troutman Pepper on 9/17/2015

In light of numerous recent data breaches, cybersecurity has emerged as an issue impacting organizations ranging from the local hardware store to the largest multi-national firms in the world. In short, no industry is immune...more

Third Circuit Affirms FTC Authority to Police Whether Companies Have Reasonable Data Security

Perkins Coie on 8/27/2015

Since at least 2005, the Federal Trade Commission has asserted that it may regulate lax data security practices as an “unfair” business practice under Section 5 of the FTC Act. The Wyndham hotel chain was the first to...more

New Potential Liability for Data Security: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Announces FTC has Authority to Scrutinize a...

Bilzin Sumberg on 8/26/2015

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit announced that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has the authority to scrutinize a business’s data security protocol -- and to file a complaint if the FTC finds that protocol...more

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