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The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – May 2025

Alston & Bird on 5/16/2025

Selected U.S. Privacy & Cyber Updates - DOJ Settles False Claims Act Case with MORSECORP over Cybersecurity Program - On March 26, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had reached an agreement with...more

California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Heads to Newsom’s Desk - What Does this Mean for Businesses

BCLP on 9/8/2022

The protection of children’s online data has come to the forefront as one of the most important data privacy issues both in the United States and EMEA, and California is now expected to join the list of jurisdictions to enact...more

New UK Standards for Children's Digital Services Take Effect — Provides Framework for New US Law

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/24/2021

Earlier this month, the U.K.’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (referred to as the “Children’s Code”) took effect. The Children’s Code is not a law per se, but rather a set of 15 flexible standards that apply to online services,...more

New Children's Data Privacy Protections Take Effect in the U.K.: What to Know and How to Comply

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/2/2021

Beginning September 2, 2021, companies that offer certain types of online services in the U.K. must implement a new code of practice governing the handling of children's personal data (the Children's Code or Code).1 The...more

UK Academics and Officials Urge FTC Not to Weaken COPPA Protections

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/20/2019

On November 1, 2019, a coalition of academics, officials and children’s activists in the United Kingdom issued a letter calling for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the “Commission”) to prioritize children’s privacy over...more

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