Ofcom, the U.K. Online Safety Act (the Act) regulator, released an updated roadmap on the timing of obligations for covered services on October 17, 2024. The Act was passed in October 2023 and introduces new legal obligations...more
10/29/2024
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UK
Safety risk assessments are becoming a preferred regulatory tool around the world. Online safety laws in Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States will require a range of providers to evaluate the safety...more
2/7/2024
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Digital Services ,
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Online Safety for Children ,
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UK
Last week, the UK’s Online Safety Bill received royal assent and became law. With this development, Ofcom, the regulator for the new Online Safety Act (the Act or OSA), has published a roadmap to explain how the Act will be...more
11/6/2023
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UK
A significant number of federal legislative proposals that focus on online child safety have been introduced. If enacted, they would modify online providers’ obligations to remove and report child sexual exploitation (CSE)...more
10/26/2023
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Children's Products ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Principles ,
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Online Platforms ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Transparency
Following the European Council's approval last week, the Digital Services Act (DSA) has been officially adopted, starting the countdown to the law’s entry into force later this year. The DSA builds on the Electronic Commerce...more
10/11/2022
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Third-Party Service Provider
The California Attorney General’s Office released for public comment the long-awaited proposed regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on October 10, 2019. The attorney general is expected to finalize the...more
10/31/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Use Policies ,
Information Governance ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Public Comment ,
State Attorneys General ,
Statutory Requirements
As more and larger data breaches come to light, states continue to update and expand their breach notification statutes, adding to the patchwork of notification obligations that now exists in every state. Generally speaking,...more
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SEC Releases “No-Action Letter” Stating Turnkey Jet ICO Tokens Are Not Securities and Releases “Framework for ‘Investment Contract’ Analysis of Digital Assets” -
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4/15/2019
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