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Feds Order Software Provider to Pay $16M: 3 Compliance Tips for Businesses on Website Data Collection and Targeted Ads

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Federal officials recently banned a software provider from selling, disclosing, or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes – and ordered to pay $16.5 million. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged that...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Congress Proposes New Comprehensive Privacy Legislation: The American Privacy Rights Act

On April 7, 2024, Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced that Congress will once again consider a comprehensive federal data privacy bill that, if passed, would dramatically...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

A New Proposal for a Federal Privacy Law is Here: What You Should Know about APRA

Earlier this week, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) released a discussion draft of the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Highlights from this week’s IAPP Global Privacy Summit

Since 2011, I’ve attended the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C. Each year one session gets everyone talking; this year the honor went to “Direct Insights from U.S....more

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FTC Proposes Stricter Children’s Privacy Rules in First COPPA Update since 2013

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On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed revisions to its rules administering the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The updates both expand the universe of businesses subject...more

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FTC Publishes Long-Awaited Proposed Updates to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

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On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the latest step in a process that started in 2019 with an...more

Locke Lord LLP

Consent Has Never Been More ‎Important: Take-Aways From the FTC Settlement Relating to ‎‎Tracking Technologies

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Litigation over tracking tools, such as cookies and pixels, has become commonplace over the past few years. In general, plaintiffs’ claims revolve around the collection and sharing of data through session replay and/or...more

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AI governance and biometric privacy takeaways from the FTC’S Rite Aid settlement

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has banned Rite Aid from using facial recognition technologies for surveillance for five years, demonstrating the FTC’s expectations regarding deployments of biometric and artificial...more

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FTC Proposes Changes to COPPA Rule

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) gave privacy lawyers a long-awaited Christmas gift on December 20, 2023: its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule. The NPRM...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

U.S. Privacy Predictions: What to Watch for in 2024

2023 was one of the busiest years for privacy yet—with more to come in 2024. Five new U.S. state privacy laws (in Texas, Florida, Oregon, Montana, and Washington) will come into effect in 2024. And federal and state...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Advertising Law Alert: Proposed Revisions to the COPPA Rule

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The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule requires operators of websites and online services that are directed to children under 13 years of age, or that have “actual knowledge” they are collecting personal information...more

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FTC Proposes Changes to COPPA Rule: What Businesses Need to Know

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule). The COPPA Rule applies to operators of websites and online services...more

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Inside the Healthcare Industry: Understanding Emerging Data Privacy & Security Risks and Regulations

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According to the Theft Resource Center and its 2022 data breach reports, data privacy and security threats are impacting all aspects of the healthcare industry – from providers to payers to medical device companies to...more

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DHHS OCR and FTC Issue Warning to Hospital Systems and Telehealth Providers Regarding Privacy and Security Risks

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On July 20, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) through the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a joint letter to hospitals and telehealth providers alerting them to...more

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3 Questions Healthcare Provider Organizations Need to Consider when Implementing Pixel Tracking Technologies

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Online tracking technologies, such as pixels, have become a common feature of the modern web and app ecosystem. Pixels and other online tracking technologies may be configured to collect user data about website visits,...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 41

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FTC Finalizes Settlement with 1Health.io For Allegations It Failed to Protect Customers’ DNA Data - On September 6, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission’s agreement with the genetic testing firm 1Health.io Inc. – formerly...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] FTC’s Heightened Scrutiny of Health Apps: Increased Enforcement Activity; Proposed HBNR Changes - September 26th, 10:00...

With recent events underscoring the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) heightened scrutiny of and enforcement efforts against health app companies collecting or using consumer health information, it's imperative for these same...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

The Next Post They Write Might Be About You: The FTC’s Business Blog Calls Out Health Data Practices That Can Violate Section 5

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

Guidepost Solutions LLC

New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Legalizes Personal Data Transfers from the EU to US

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission announced that it had adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF). This long-awaited decision means that for the first time since the EU-U.S...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

OCR and FTC Issue Joint Letter to Healthcare Companies Warning About Online Tracking Technologies

On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent a joint letter to approximately 130 hospitals, telehealth providers, health...more

Clark Hill PLC

Right To Know - July 2023, Vol. 7

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

The FTC Sets Its Sights on Biometric Information

Does your business collect or use fingerprints?  Do your building access points use retina, finger, or palm scans?  Does your security office use facial recognition technology to identify repeated trespassers? Do your phone...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Don’t Forget Deception: FTC and Biometrics

With the ongoing BIPA litigation activity in Illinois surrounding collection of biometrics, it can be easy to forget that other issues might surround this practice. Last month the FTC reminded companies not to forget general...more

K&L Gates LLP

FTC to Scrutinize Commercial Use of Biometric Information Moving Forward

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On 18 May 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a policy statement announcing its intention to combat unfair and deceptive acts related to the collection and use of consumers’ biometric information. This comes in...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FTC says COPPA does not preempt state privacy claims

The FTC recently filed an amicus brief in a case on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, arguing that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) does not preempt state laws that are...more

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