In late May, the Federal Trade Commission sought an injunction in the Northern District of California against Edmodo, which has historically offered school districts a virtual classroom platform with tools for assignments,...more
6/21/2023
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COPPA ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Injunctions ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
School Districts ,
Technology
As we had previously blogged, the FTC in guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health indicated that it would aggressively wield its enforcement authority in relation to deceptive...more
On May 9, 2019, a coalition of consumer groups submitted a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) regarding Amazon’s Echo Dot Kids Edition, arguing that the device runs afoul of the Children’s Online Privacy...more
The FTC’s COPPA Guidance does an admirable job explaining the basics of what a business needs to do to comply with COPPA, but is vague as to how a business must protect personal information collected from children. The COPPA...more
On June 21, 2017, the FTC updated its COPPA Compliance Guidance for businesses. The new guidance includes new descriptions of services and products covered by COPPA, and new methods for obtaining parental consent....more
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Cybersecurity was a prominent factor in 2016 in all aspects of government, business and personal affairs. Russian and other foreign national hacking has the potential to spark a new form of cold...more
2/16/2017
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Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybertheft ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Information Sharing ,
Internet of Things ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Trade Secrets
For internet-of-things watchers, some information to chew on: several news outlets have reported on a dispute between Amazon and law enforcement investigators in Bentonville, Arkansas. Arkansas police are investigating an...more
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The FTC settled with mobile advertising company InMobi for $950,000 in civil penalties, along with the implementation of a privacy program, based on the FTC’s charges that InMobi impermissibly...more
The COPPA Rule requires website and online service operators to give notice to parents and obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting children’s “personal information” online. 16 CFR §§ 312.4, 312.5. The...more
In an era of ever-evolving ‘wired’ technology, increasing interconnectedness, and business and personal concerns about data security, we recently asked attorneys writing on JD Supra: What will be among the defining issues of...more
Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn is serious about online privacy, and aims to make Delaware “the safest state in America for kids to use the internet.” This August, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed into law four...more
9/18/2015
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COPPA ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Governor Markell ,
New Legislation ,
Online Advertisements ,
Online Privacy Protection Act ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information
Over one year ago, our colleague Chris Hart argued that the District of New Jersey court’s decision in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp. et. al., No. 13-1887-ES, “point[ed] to the possibility that the FTC has potentially broad...more
8/28/2015
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Due Process ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Wyndham
The FTC’s COPPA (the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) Rule requires website operators to obtain “verifiable parental consent” prior to collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children. Though the...more
In an age when many of us briskly scroll through website terms and conditions and check, “I agree” without thinking, how should businesses design their websites to obtain proper authorization to access users’ sensitive...more
Yelp’s $450,000 settlement with the FTC in September should serve as an important reminder for all owners and operators of websites or mobile apps – even if your site is not for kids, you need to know and abidge by what the...more
Last week, the FTC announced approval of a new Safe Harbor Program under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), called iKeepSafe. The program was created by the Internet Keep Safe Coalition, a nonprofit...more
The FTC’s July 10, 2014 complaint filed against Amazon has left app developers with concerns about how to make apps that target kids and still comply with the law. The complaint, brought under Section 5(a) of the FTC Act,...more