On April 21, 2025, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law the Arkansas Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (Act), which will become effective on July 1, 2026. It draws inspiration from the...more
4/28/2025
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This week California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new investigative sweep under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We have anticipated this sweep for some time based on the focus and the direction of a...more
3/13/2025
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On July 30, 2024, in a 91-3 vote, the U.S. Senate passed the bill for the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (the “Bill”). The Bill, which combines the bills for the Kids Online Safety Act (“KOSA”) and the Children and Teens’...more
8/8/2024
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On March 29, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) published a unanimous decision to deny an application by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, Yoti, and SuperAwesome (collectively, the “Applicants”) to add a...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received over 270 comments to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) during the public comment period that...more
3/15/2024
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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law the Bill Relating to Registration of Business Entities that Qualify as Data Brokers (HB 2052) (the “Act”) on July 27, 2023. Effective January 1, 2024, the Act will require data...more