On April 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") published in the Federal Register its first major update to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (the "COPPA Rule" or "Rule") since 2013. The COPPA Rule,...more
The FTC issued a final rule to lock in changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) that it proposed in May 2023. While the HBNR began as a breach notification rule seemingly focused on a narrow set of applications...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced its final rule (the Enforcement Rule) implementing the information blocking penalties created by the 21st Century Cures Act...more
7/28/2023
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On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a policy statement warning that the proliferation of technologies that use or claim to use biometric information may bring risks with regard to consumer privacy and...more
6/2/2023
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The FTC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to introduce changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR). While the HBNR began as a breach notification rule seemingly focused on a narrow set of applications...more
5/26/2023
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