On November 9, 2020, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had entered into a consent agreement, subject to final approval, with videoconferencing company Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom)....more
The world has markedly changed since the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) became effective on January 1, 2020. Under shelter-in-place orders and even amid gradual reopenings, many states have required businesses to slow...more
Contact tracing is recognized by health systems and governments as an effective method to identify individuals an infected person may have exposed to disease in order to notify those individuals and take action to prevent...more
California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra released revised draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) late last week. The AG will accept comments on the revisions until February 25, 2020. The...more
2/20/2020
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The Federal Trade Commission’s Opinion finding that Cambridge Analytica engaged in deceptive practices to harvest personal information closes another chapter in the Commission’s actions against Cambridge Analytica and its...more
12/10/2019
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Facebook ,
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Mobile Apps ,
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Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Drinker Biddle’s Corporate and Securities Group recently hosted its 13th annual roundtable discussion, which took place at Gulph Mills Golf Club in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. This year’s event sported a new name—“The...more
The long anticipated amendments to the CCPA were passed by the California Legislature in early September and now await Governor Newsom’s signature. Some of the changes were “clean up” amendments to update cross references,...more
9/19/2019
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In 2017, the FTC filed a complaint against D-Link Systems, Inc. (D-Link) alleging that the Taiwan-based computer networking equipment manufacturer had taken inadequate security measures which left its wireless routers and...more
7/10/2019
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The FTC has entered into a settlement with LightYear Dealer Technologies, doing business as DealerBuilt, a technology company that develops and sells dealer management system (DMS) software and data processing services to...more
6/17/2019
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Financial Institutions ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
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On May 29, 2019, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed into law SB 220, which amends Nevada’s security and privacy law to require an operator of a website or online service for commercial purposes to permit consumers to...more
6/12/2019
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