Technology Law Updates

6/20/2025 2:43:14 PM

New York's New Rules for Processing Minor's Data

By Andrew Folks

On Friday, June 20, 2025, the New York Child Data Protection Act (“NYCDPA”) takes effect, bringing with it a slate of new...

6/9/2025 7:38:10 PM

Texas is Second State (After Utah) to Enact “App Store Accountability Act,” Targeting Mobile App Stores

By Emma Smizer

The Lone Star State is the latest to wade into the ongoing legal showdown for children's online safety. Somewhere, there's a great pun...

5/14/2025 6:44:24 PM

CFPB Withdraws Proposed Data Broker Rule

By Andrew Folks

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has withdrawn its proposed rule that would have expanded the Fair Credit Reporting Act...

5/5/2025 2:44:39 AM

Apple violated U.S. court order, ending Apple’s 27% commission on external purchases

By Emma Smizer

As the saying goes, justice delayed is justice denied. Or perhaps more accurately, a bad apple spoils the bunch. On April 30, 2025,...

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...

4/3/2025 10:01:54 PM

Microsoft’s New Cookie Consent Requirement Coming May 5, 2025

By Bram Schumer

Website owners, even those operating simple sites that don’t proactively advertise, should be aware of an important change coming on May...

3/24/2025 11:36:40 PM

Virginia Governor Vetoes High-Risk AI Bill

By Andrew Folks

Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia vetoed House Bill 2094, the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act, just hours...

3/11/2025 10:35:21 AM

Pin Drop: California AG Takes Aim at Location Data Practices

By Andrew Folks

On March 10, 2025, the California Attorney General’s Office announced an ongoing investigative sweep into the location data practices of...

3/7/2025 6:02:50 PM

App to No Good? Novel App Store Age Verification Bill Passes Utah Legislature

By Andrew Folks

In the online safety conversation, assigning responsibility for verifying a user’s age has been a protracted study in buck passing....

2/21/2025 10:15:20 PM

Bankrupt but Not Off the Hook: CPPA Takes a $46,000 Byte Out of National Public Data

By Bram Schumer

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has launched an enforcement action against Jerico Pictures, Inc., doing business as...

1/27/2025 4:41:51 PM

ABA Issues Comprehensive Formal Ethics Opinion on Lawyers’ Use of Generative AI

By Kristen Niven

The American Bar Association (“ABA”) Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility published its first Formal Opinion on...

1/23/2025 4:12:56 PM

I’m Not Dead Yet: Biden’s Executive Order re Cybersecurity May Still Matter in a Trump Administration

By Bram Schumer

Biden’s 11th hour Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity (the “Order”) provides...

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...

1/16/2025 7:57:54 PM

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...

1/9/2025 5:55:15 AM

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...

1/8/2025 12:36:51 AM

New Jersey Releases Privacy Law FAQs, Revealing Insights for Businesses

By Andrew Folks

January 23, 2025 Update: The FAQs have been updated to align with the knowledge standard in the New Jersey Data Privacy Law. Question 18...

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