Empowering Children in the Online Era with Katie Schumacher
"Monsters Inc." y el tratamiento de los datos
State AG Pulse | Content moderation vs. free expression
The FTC Takes a Closer Look at Blurred Advertising to Children
AD Nauseam – Children, They are Indeed Our Future – COPPA Developments
The FTC and DOJ Act Against Amazon to Protect Privacy
AD Nauseam: A Very Special AD Nauseam – Back to School
AD Nauseam: The FTC’s Updated Endorsement Guides: Get into the Groove
[Podcast] An Introduction to the California Age-Appropriate Design Code
The UK GDPR Children’s Code
On May 2, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed Senate Bill 854 (SB854) into law, which imposes new restrictions and compliance obligations on social media platforms. Specifically, SB854 amends the Virginia Consumer...more
What should privacy and cybersecurity practitioners and specialists consider after the 2025 inauguration? There are a few notable issues that may shape how businesses think about their privacy and cybersecurity programs: ...more
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
On September 13, 2024, the Colorado Attorney General’s (AG) Office published proposed draft amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) Rules. The proposals include new requirements related to biometric collection and use...more
New York’s governor recently signed the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act. Although signed, the law will not be effective until after the New York Attorney General creates implementing regulations. The law...more
Much of the focus on US privacy has been US state laws, and the potential of a federal privacy law. This focus can lead one to forget, however, that US privacy and data security law follows a patchwork approach both at a...more
Florida recently passed a new law and Utah recently repealed and replaced its previously enjoined law with two new bills (available here and here), which regulate minors’ access to social media platforms. The laws highlight...more
Keypoint: Last week chambers in West Virginia and Georgia passed consumer data privacy bills while a VCDPA amendment bill focused on children’s privacy passed the Virginia legislature. Below is the sixth weekly update on the...more
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - What is the Privacy Impact of the White House AI Order for Businesses? Posted November 28, 2023 Biden’s sweeping AI Executive Order sought to have artificial intelligence used in accordance...more
The Current Status of Privacy Laws Across the United States - Unlike the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union (EU), the United States does not have a nationwide comprehensive data privacy law....more
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
Below is the twenty-first weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders....more
Keypoint: Last week the Texas legislature passed consumer data privacy, children’s social media, and data broker bills while the Nevada Assembly passed an amended version of its health data privacy bill. ...more
Keypoint: Last week the legislatures in Montana and Tennessee passed consumer data privacy bills and the Washington legislature passed the My Health My Data Act....more
Keypoint: Last week the Washington Senate passed the My Health My Data Act, the Arkansas legislature passed the Social Media Safety Act, and the Texas House passed the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act....more
Last week the Iowa Governor signed the Iowa Privacy Act into law, social media bills were voted out of the Arkansas Senate and a New Jersey Assembly committee, an amended version of Florida’s consumer privacy bill advanced...more
Keypoint: Last week Iowa’s legislature passed a consumer privacy bill, and the Kentucky Senate passed a consumer privacy bill. Below is the tenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. ...more
In his State of the Union address on February 7, 2023, President Biden affirmed his position on consumer data privacy protections and specifically his focus on strengthening protections for children. With several state data...more
As the FTC signals an intention of cracking down on children’s privacy, and as several comprehensive consumer privacy laws take effect in 2023 (with more on the way in legislatures across the country), some states have chosen...more