8/22/2025 1:31:20 PM Sovereignty, Security, and Speech: FTC Chair Pens Letter to Tech Companies By Andrew Folks On August 21, 2025, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson announced he had issued letters to top technology firms, warning...
7/29/2025 10:33:42 PM Private Law Firms Are Quietly Powering State Privacy Enforcement By Daniel Goldberg Holly Melton A quiet shift with major consequences is underway in consumer protection enforcement. Across the country, we are seeing states file...
4/21/2025 6:24:53 PM Countdown to Compliance Begins on FTC's New COPPA Rule By Andrew Folks Maria Nava On April 22, 2025 — just in time for Commissioner Andrew Ferguson’s keynote at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit — the Federal Trade...
1/22/2025 4:42:40 PM The Cost of Non-Compliance: Federal Trade Commission Fines HoYoverse $20 Million Over Genshin Impact Loot Boxes By Emma Smizer Cognosphere, the developer of popular video game, Genshin Impact, has agreed to pay $20 million and block users under the age of 16 from...
12/6/2024 6:14:40 PM Face Value: AI and Facial Recognition Technology Claims Draw FTC Scrutiny By Andrew Folks On December 3, 2024, the FTC took action against IntelliVision Technologies Corp., a developer of AI-powered facial recognition software...
11/27/2024 11:02:04 PM Disclosed Obsolescence: FTC Scrutinizes Transparency in Smart Device Support By Andrew Folks The proliferation of connected devices has fundamentally altered the relationship between consumers and their purchased products. Smart...
5/1/2024 6:28:42 PM Final Changes to Health Breach Notification Rule By Maria Nava The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has announced finalized changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”). The changes to the...
2/26/2024 2:02:34 AM California Releases Updated Draft CPRA Regs Governing Artificial Intelligence and Automated Decisionmaking Technology, Changes Are Extensive By Daniel Goldberg On February 23, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released updated draft regulations governing the use of artificial...
2/15/2024 11:10:00 PM FTC Proposes To Prohibit the Impersonation of Individuals By Zach Lewis As AI-powered chat bots, voice cloning, and deepfakes cause increasing harm to consumers (and celebrities like Taylor Swift), the FTC is...
12/29/2023 4:53:58 AM AI Faces New Challenges as FTC Agrees to Novel Settlement with Rite Aid Over Use of AI and Biometric Information By Daniel Goldberg Zach Lewis On December 19, 2023, the FTC announced that it has entered into a tentative settlement with Rite Aid after bringing charges of “unfair...
12/27/2023 2:57:52 PM FTC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Update COPPA Rule By Jordyn Milewski Zach Lewis Last week, the FTC issued a long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking that will bring changes to the COPPA Rule, the set of FTC...
7/17/2023 7:39:56 PM FTC Investigates Possible ChatGPT Harms By Maria Nava The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into whether OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has violated consumer...
6/22/2023 3:25:50 PM FTC Takes Action Against Genetic Testing Company's Deceptive Privacy and Security Practices By Rick Borden The Federal Trade Commission has charged genetic testing firm 1Health.io for failing to implement data security practices and misleading...
6/14/2023 5:58:14 PM Game Over: What the FTC-Microsoft COPPA Action means for the Gaming Sector By Emma Smizer Daniel Goldberg Last week, the Department of Justice with the Federal Trade Commission announced a $20 million dollar settlement with tech giant...
5/30/2023 5:32:54 PM FTC Takes Action Against Ed Tech Company for Alleged COPPA Violations By Emma Smizer On May 22, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) obtained an order against Edmodo Inc., an educational technology platform for...
5/19/2023 8:39:33 PM FTC Issues Policy Statement Regarding Biometric Information By Maria Nava The Federal Trade Commission has issued a policy statement addressing the use of biometric information and related technologies, focusing...