16 Jan, 2025 FTC Brings Enforcement Action Against GoDaddy for Cybersecurity Failures By Bram Schumer The FTC has imposed significant sanctions and remedial requirements on GoDaddy, one of the world’s largest web hosting and domain...
09 Jan, 2025 FTC Finds Website Overlay Tool Failed to Deliver Accessibility Promises By Andrew Folks The Federal Trade Commission announced on January 3, 2025, a proposed settlement with software provider accessiBe over alleged...
08 Jan, 2025 New Jersey Releases Privacy Law FAQs, Revealing Insights for Businesses By Andrew Folks Ahead of the January 15 effective date of the New Jersey Data Privacy Law (S332), the Garden State’s Division of Consumer Affairs Cyber...
23 Dec, 2024 'Tis the Season: CPPA’s Data Broker Scrutiny Results in Two New Settlements By Andrew Folks On December 23, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced two settlements with data brokers for failing to register and...
17 Dec, 2024 What the “Sad Beige Lawsuit” Can Teach Us About IP in the Influencer Space By Hannah Taylor Molly Rothschild At its core, the case the internet is referring to as the “sad beige lawsuit” is a feud between two social media influencers, Sydney...
06 Dec, 2024 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...
27 Nov, 2024 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...
22 Nov, 2024 FTC Questions Data Clean Room Privacy Promises By Andrew Folks When the FTC speaks, listen carefully. On November 13, 2024, staff in the Commission’s Office of Technology and Division of Privacy and...
30 Oct, 2024 California Targets Unregistered Data Brokers By Andrew Folks On October 30, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency added to the nationwide regulatory scrutiny on data brokers by announcing a...
14 Oct, 2024 Steam Updates Checkout Disclosures in Light of New California False Advertising Law By Emma Smizer Last month, we wrote about a new landmark California law, AB2426, that prohibits the use of words like “buy” and “purchase” in connection...
10 Sep, 2024 Out of the Shadows: The CPPA’s Guide to Avoiding Dark Patterns By Andrew Folks On September 4, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency’s Enforcement Division released its second Enforcement Advisory on...
02 Sep, 2024 California legislature clarifies privacy obligations for AI models By Andrew Folks The intersection of privacy and AI just took on a new dimension in the Golden State. On August 30, 2024, the California Senate passed AB...
28 Aug, 2024 California Requires Browsers and Mobile Devices to Support Opt-out Preference Signals By Andrew Folks On August 27, 2024, the California Senate passed AB 3048, amending the California Consumer Privacy Act to require all browser and mobile...
15 Aug, 2024 Don’t Mess with Texas: Lone Star State AG’s Latest Lawsuit Signals Continued Aggressive Enforcement Posture By Andrew Folks On August 13, 2024, the Texas Attorney General’s office sued General Motors LLC (GM) and OnStar LLC for allegedly deceiving customers...
17 Jun, 2024 Pornography, The First Amendment, and Data Privacy Walk Into a Bar By Michael Ling Once again, the First Amendment has come to the defense of pornography. This time, though, the battlefield has also roped in data privacy...
20 May, 2024 5 Things To Do To Address the SEC’s Breach Notification Changes For Investment Advisers, Investment Companies and Broker-Dealers By Rick Borden On May 15, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to Regulation S-P, the primary regulation governing...