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New Texas Law Imposes Significant New Requirements on App Developers and App Stores

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/15/2025

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed the App Store Accountability Act (“the Act”) into law, instituting sweeping new obligations regarding age verification and parental consent for app stores and app developers operating in...more

Right To Know - July 2024, Vol. 19

Clark Hill PLC on 7/16/2024

Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

New York Legislature Passes a Pair of Bills to Protect Children's Privacy Online

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/19/2024

On June 7, 2023, the New York legislature passed the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act (SAFE Act or the Act) and the New York Child Data Protection Act (CDPA), both aimed at protecting children online. The...more

FTC Proposes Stricter Children’s Privacy Rules in First COPPA Update since 2013

King & Spalding on 1/24/2024

On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed revisions to its rules administering the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The updates both expand the universe of businesses subject...more

Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule Q&A

Burr & Forman on 11/11/2022

COPPA, or the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule, was designed to protect the privacy of children under 13 years of age by giving their parents certain tools to control how the child's information can and cannot be...more

The State AG Report - Volume 7, Issue 35 | September 2021

Cozen O'Connor on 9/7/2021

Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: Not Just Fun and Games: Angry Birds Allegedly...more

Acting FTC Chair Signals Potential Enforcement Priorities: Privacy and AI

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/2/2021

In opening remarks at the Future of Privacy Forum, Acting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter previewed enforcement priorities under the Biden Administration. Slaughter's speech marked her first...more

As Voice Recognition Technology Market Surges, Organizations Face Privacy And Cybersecurity Concerns

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/10/2020

A new report released by Global Market Insights, Inc. last month estimates that the global market valuation for voice recognition technology will reach approximately $7 billion by 2026, in main part due to the surge of AI and...more

Settlement with App Developers Requires Limits on Collection and Use of Children’s Personal Information

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/7/2020

In August, Viacom and a number of other app developers and ad-tech companies reached a settlement with parents who had alleged that the companies were illegally selling children’s personal information for behavioral...more

Proposed Mega Child Privacy Class Action Settlements May Impact Many App Providers

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 9/2/2020

Last week, the plaintiffs in three related children’s privacy class actions sought preliminary approval of proposed settlements with sixteen defendants in those coordinated actions. The matters—known as the Kiloo Action, the...more

Tracking Kids Through Your App? Think Again.

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/15/2020

Klepto Cats and Dogs have been “stealing” children’s personal information without parental consent and using it for targeted advertising. Bad dog! Well, almost. HyperBeard, Inc., a developer of apps popular with children...more

Privacy Perils: Children's Online Privacy Education (COPE)

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 4/10/2020

Especially with their children now homebound, bored and seeking virtual social contact, many parents are particularly concerned about educating their children – preschool through high school — of the risks inherent in social...more

Children’s Privacy Law Updates: Tricks or Treats?

BakerHostetler on 11/1/2019

It’s finally here! Halloween, the day every kid dreams of for months....more

FTC, YouTube, and Kids’ Privacy: Key Takeaways from the Biggest COPPA Settlement in FTC History

Fenwick & West LLP on 9/23/2019

On September 4, 2019, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Google and YouTube will pay a record $170 million as part of a settlement over allegations that YouTube violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act...more

Landmark FTC Settlement Offers Important Lessons for Businesses That May Collect or Use Children’s Information

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/10/2019

On September 4, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the “Commission”) announced a settlement with YouTube and its parent Google that resolves allegations that the companies violated the Children’s Online Privacy...more

Reminder that the FTC is Providing an Opportunity to Comment on COPPA Rule by October 23

Hogan Lovells on 9/6/2019

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is requesting public comments on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA Rule”). In particular, the FTC is seeking feedback on the effectiveness of its 2013 amendments to the...more

Facsimiles and Other Fossils: FTC Initiates Review to Update COPPA Rule to Keep Pace with Emerging and Connected Technology

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 8/27/2019

They grow up so fast! A sentiment – and challenge – shared by parents and technologists alike. Just when you think you’ve finally figured it out, you blink, and they’re unrecognizable. The old rules can no longer be trusted...more

The Future of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/30/2019

Summer vacation has started, but regulators and legislators are not headed to the beach just yet. As discussed in the last issue of the Privacy Oracle, most state legislatures did not pass comprehensive privacy legislation...more

Think You Don’t Have to Worry About Kids’ Privacy? Grow Up! Five Practical Tips for Reducing Your Risk

Fenwick & West LLP on 5/13/2019

The first months of 2019 have seen several key developments in the world of children’s privacy. There have been major enforcement actions, new legislative proposals, and new best practices and guidance issued, both in the...more

FTC’s Largest Penalty to Date under COPPA Imposed on Music Video Social Networking App - Cybersecurity and Privacy Alert

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/12/2019

The owner of a video social networking app, Musical.ly, has agreed to pay a $5.7 million civil penalty to settle a complaint brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging violations of the Children’s Online Privacy...more

FTC Issues Record Fine for COPPA Violation

Jones Day on 3/8/2019

Musical.ly app receives $5.7 million fine for collecting personal information in violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act On February 27, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued a record $5.7...more

Musical.ly’s COPPA Failure Falls Flat at the FTC; Will Pay Note-Worthy Fine

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 3/7/2019

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has handed down its largest civil penalty ever for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). Musical.ly, now known as TikTok after a 2018 merger, agreed to a...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

Jones Day on 11/21/2017

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

Apple X’s Face ID Feature Places Spotlight on Facial Recognition Technology, Raising Numerous Mobile Privacy and Data Usage Issues

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 9/15/2017

This week’s Apple X announcement was not more than a few hours old, and the questions began to come in. Apple’s introduction of Face ID facial recognition on its new phone – although already available in some form on several...more

Eye on Privacy Newsletter - February 2015

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 2/24/2015

In this issue: - Privacy and Data Security in Transactions: What's the Deal? - Consumer and Financial Institution Class Actions Survive Motions to Dismiss in Target Data Breach Litigation - California Amends...more

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