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Charting the Future: Regulatory Milestones and Opportunities in AI, Online Safety, Cybersecurity, and Data Governance in the EU...

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The technology and digital regulatory environment in the EU and the UK is experiencing significant evolution in 2025 and beyond. These legal developments present both significant opportunities and complex compliance...more

Perkins Coie

FTC Enforcement Priorities Take Shape With Resource Cuts in Mind

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Perkins Coie partner Janis Kestenbaum says the FTC is keeping the pressure on strong consumer protection enforcement despite the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda. In balancing enforcement with fewer anticipated...more

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Data privacy and protecting children online finding a path through the complexities

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The event included speakers from assurance providers Yoti, and VerifyMy, digital platform providers such as Google, TikTok, the BBC and Epic Games, age-appropriate design platform K-ID, data protection regulators from the UK...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Milestones, Paywalls, and ‘Behavioral Cocaine’

Looks like WhatsApp just leveled up—whether it wanted to or not. Meta’s messaging giant has officially been crowned a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), which basically...more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: March 3, 2025

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Keypoint: Last week, consumer data privacy amendment bills crossed chambers in Montana and Kentucky, a social media bill crossed chambers in Colorado, and there were movements with numerous other bills. Below is the eighth...more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: February 17, 2025

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Keypoint: Last week saw a flurry of activity across numerous states, including bills advancing in Virginia, Oklahoma, Washington, Utah, and South Carolina, while lawmakers continued to introduce bills across the country. ...more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: February 3, 2025

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Keypoint: It was another busy week with Virginia lawmakers advancing three bills and new consumer and children’s privacy bills introduced in multiple states. Below is the fourth weekly update on the status of proposed state...more

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FTC Finalizes Update to Children’s Privacy Rules Under COPPA

The Federal Trade Commission's first update in over a decade to its rules under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) did not bring the dramatic updates that some privacy advocates had requested. Instead, the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Sheppard Mullin’s 2024 Eye on Privacy Year in Review

It is hard to believe that another year is upon us! As we have done in years past (including 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018), we have created a comprehensive resource of all our www.eyeonprivacy.com posts from 2024. As...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

#StatusUpdate on Social Media, Apps, and Children’s Privacy

Regulations impacting children’s use of social media continues to be a space in motion the past few months. There have been developments at both the state level, as well as with the FTC. And there is no sign of slowing down....more

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FTC Proposes Strengthening Children’s Privacy Rule

On January 11, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would fortify the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). This move underscores a significant shift in the...more

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FTC Seeks to Strengthen Privacy Protections of Children Online

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On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") to revise the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") Rule to reduce the amount of information...more

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UK Online Safety Act Becomes Law: What To Expect Next

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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

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The UK’s Online Safety Bill – Implications for US and International Businesses

On 19 September 2023, the UK Parliament passed the Online Safety Bill (“OSB”). The OSB aims to protect individuals from illegal online content and focuses on the protection of children by requiring the removal of content that...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Congress Considers Kids Online Safety Act Amid Concerns from Activists

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) of 2023 is circulating Congress with bipartisan support. According to bill sponsors Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), KOSA would require social media companies to...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Alexa, What Do You Think of Florida’s New Data Privacy Act?

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Hot on the trail of the latest state privacy laws to come into effect, Florida has jumped on board to keep the momentum going. On June 6, 2023, Florida Senate Bill 262 (“SB 262,”) was signed into law, meaning a new set of...more

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The FTC is Turning the Lights On: Dark Patterns Aren't in the Shadows Anymore

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The continued growth and dominance of e-commerce has ushered in a new frontier for businesses. In response to the progressive evolution from brick-and-mortar marketplaces to the current e-commerce dominant landscape,...more

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[Webinar] New Requirements to Protect Children’s Privacy: The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act - January 10th, 11:00 am...

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In September 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA). Beginning July 1, 2024, the act will require businesses that provide online services or features...more

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Privacy Tip #344 – Advocacy Groups Urge Senators to Advance Bills Protecting Children’s Data

Provider groups and privacy advocates have joined together to put pressure on Congress to pass two bipartisan bills designed to bolster children and teens’ privacy. The Kids Online Safety Act (S. 3663) and the Children...more

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Children's rights in the digital world: new guidelines in the Netherlands

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On 12 March 2021, the "Code for Children's Rights" ("Code voor Kinderrechten") was launched in the Netherlands. The Code was developed by the University of Leiden and the Waag organisation commissioned by the Dutch...more

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Congressional Resolution Pushes Tech Industry to Develop Self-Regulatory Body to Protect Children from Harmful App Content

Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Ben McAdams (D-UT) introduced a resolution on November 20 that calls for the tech industry to establish an app rating board to help guide consumer choice and protect children from...more

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