A Close Look at the Justice Department’s Settlement with Meta (Formerly Facebook) to Resolve Alleged Fair Housing Act Violations Arising from Meta’s Targeted Advertising System
Oregon will begin to regulate the use of minors’ information and sale of users’ location data (regardless of age) with an update to its Oregon Consumer Privacy Act. These revisions will go into effect January 1, 2026. As...more
Healthline Media has agreed to pay $1.55 million to resolve allegations that it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – which is the largest settlement to date under the state’s landmark privacy law. The...more
On June 4, 2025, the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”), the self-regulatory body that sets and enforces privacy standards for digital advertising, announced it is launching a process to determine if it is necessary to...more
On April 17, 2025, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) released an Updated Enforcement Report Pursuant to the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“Report”). The Report, the second issued by OAG (read our...more
Businesses need to remain vigilant regarding recent developments in consumer-based data privacy class actions. In recent weeks, the plaintiff class action bar has filed several lawsuits against The Trade Desk Inc. related to...more
Introduction - Most businesses are aware of historical restrictions or limitations on selling personal information to third parties for monetary consideration....more
It took some time, but we officially have the first complaint filed alleging violations of the Washington My Health, My Data Act (“MHMDA”). The complaint, filed February 10 in the U.S. District Court Western District of...more
After a very long process, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced the finalized updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule. COPPA was last updated nearly 12 years ago, and much...more
As digital platforms continue to dominate children's lives, new laws are emerging to bolster online safety and privacy protections for minors, but at what cost? This webinar will explore the proposed Kids Online Safety Act...more
Comprehensive consumer privacy laws continue to hit the desks of governors in states across the country, with nineteen state laws now on the books. Since we wrote our 2023 Round-Up on State Consumer Data Privacy Laws article...more
Most businesses are aware of historical restrictions or limitations on selling personal information to third parties for monetary consideration. Perhaps less familiar are recent state laws giving consumers the right to tell...more
Over the past several years, the number of states with comprehensive consumer data privacy laws has increased exponentially from just a handful—California, Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut, and Utah—to up to twenty by some...more
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
As of July 1, three new comprehensive state privacy laws – the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR), the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA), and the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) – will take effect, joining the...more
On April 6, 2024, Maryland's legislature passed a comprehensive privacy bill, the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), and sent it to the state's governor for signature. If enacted, the law would take effect on October...more
New Hampshire is the fourteenth state with a comprehensive privacy law, as signed by Governor Sununu on March 6, 2024. The new law will go into effect on January 1, 2025. Continue reading for our Q&A on the "trusted" number...more
With the first month of 2024 now behind us, it is time for organizations to start seriously considering key comprehensive state data privacy compliance obligations for 2024. In total, seven states passed data privacy laws...more
On January 16, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 332 (the "New Jersey Data Privacy Law") making New Jersey the thirteenth state to adopt comprehensive data privacy legislation. This signing...more
By now, it is generally known that comprehensive privacy laws include requirements to allow consumers to opt-out of the sale of the their personal information, including personal information collected through the use of...more
In the first of its kind under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Sephora settled an enforcement action with the California Attorney General for violation of the CCPA. Sephora must pay $1.2 million in penalties and...more
Keypoint: The chances for the United States to finally enact a federal privacy bill appear to have increased with the circulation of a bipartisan discussion draft although its chances for passage are far from clear....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) now has a full slate of Commissioners and it is expected to ramp up privacy and cybersecurity enforcement and rulemaking in a number of critical areas. Join us for a discussion of the FTC’s...more
Before the CCPA became enforceable on July 1, 2020, much ink was spilled (or many keys were hit) about the California Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) ability to obtain civil penalties for CCPA violations. After that...more
2021 is off to a strong start in privacy legislation with Virginia passing the second state comprehensive consumer privacy law in the US. Who Is Covered? - The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) applies to...more
On October 22, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), a media and marketing industry trade group, released for public comment the California Consumer Privacy Act Compliance Framework for Publishers and Technology Companies...more