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FTC Consumer Protection and Privacy Enforcement Series: Practical Tips for When Your Company Gets an FTC CID

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Welcome to our new series on Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement, where we will provide practical insights into emerging FTC priority areas for consumer protection and data privacy enforcement. Overall, the current FTC...more

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The American Privacy Rights Act: Could This Be the One?

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The chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and the chair of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), released a discussion...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Are Automakers Making Sufficient Efforts to Protect Customer Data?

With the ever-expanding Internet of Things, data privacy is a growing concern in today’s digital age. The automotive industry is no exception. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) has broad regulatory...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Round Three: FTC Proposes Further Restrictions on Meta's Privacy Practices and a Complete Prohibition on Meta Monetizing Youth...

On May 3, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it issued an order to show cause (the “show cause order”) to Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc., “Meta”). The show cause order proposes major...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Seeks to Prohibit Meta's Monetization of Children's Data

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On May 3, 2023, the FTC announced that it is proposing a blanket prohibition preventing Facebook from monetizing youth data. The Commission alleges that the company violated the 2020 privacy order and now proposes new...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC and Other Regulators Continue to Signal Interest in Mobile Health Apps

The FTC is closing out 2022 with additional guidance for mobile health app developers signaling its continued interest in this industry. Since 2021, we have seen several steps from the agency demonstrating a focus on...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NAD Examines Privacy Statements Made By DuckDuckGo in Online Ads

Following -by a day- a privacy-related claim challenge brought against another advertiser, the National Advertising Division found that advertiser DuckDuckGo had sufficiently substantiated its privacy claims. These cases are...more

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Privacy Report

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CPPA Amends Draft CPRA Regulations & Announces Public Comment Dates - The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has announced amendments to the California Privacy Rights Act proposed regulations, which primarily...more

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Proposed Federal Data Protection Law Would Impose Duty of Loyalty and Allow Limited Private Right of Action

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The proposed law⁠ - which is broadly applicable to most entities doing business in the United States - is the first real indication of bipartisan movement on data protection at the federal-level. The House Committee on...more

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Business Privacy Law Lessons from Proposed Settlement with Twitter

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”), on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), filed a complaint and motion for entry of a stipulated order with the Northern District of California, which would require Twitter to pay...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

NIST’s Draft Update to Cybersecurity Framework Focuses on Third-Party Vendors and the Cost-Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Programs

On January 10, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) released a proposed update to its popular cybersecurity blueprint for organizations and businesses, known as the Framework for Improving...more

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The FTC, Privacy, and the Life & Health Business

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The Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”) prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices affecting commerce, as well as unfair competition in commerce. The FTC Act also created the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), and...more

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