Google violated the federal children’s privacy law and engaged in unfair and deceptive practices by harming children in various ways related to its Play Store, the Digital Childhood Institute said Friday in a complaint filed with the FTC.
FTC Privacy Enforcement
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is the primary enforcer of privacy laws in the U.S., using consent decrees, lawsuits and rulemaking to address unfair or deceptive data practices. The agency’s actions influence how companies design privacy programs, handle consumer data and respond to complaints. This page highlights major cases, policy updates, and enforcement patterns at the FTC that shape the U.S. privacy landscape.
The FTC should reevaluate how it uses Section 5 authority to enforce against unfair and deceptive practices, industry groups told the agency in comments due Friday (see 2509290042).
Senate Democrats’ neural data legislation includes broader definitions than existing state measures, Davis Wright Tremaine attorneys said Wednesday.
European privacy professionals remain concerned President Donald Trump could nullify the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) by reversing former President Joe Biden’s executive order establishing the DPF, said Austrian activist and privacy attorney Max Schrems on Tuesday.
Having a poor reputation for data privacy could attract regulators, warned Snapchat Product Counsel Dareus Robinson on a Thursday webinar by the compliance vendor TrustArc.
With different definitions of who counts as a child in various states, more companies are treating anyone younger than 18 as a kid, said privacy lawyers and professionals during an Interactive Advertising Bureau webinar Wednesday. Davis+Gilbert attorney Gary Kibel predicted that disagreement on the age issue could become yet another obstacle to passing a national data privacy law.
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Senate Democrats’ effort to regulate handling of neural data mirrors the state law trend seen in Colorado, California, Montana and Connecticut, Covington noted in a post Friday.
Democratic state lawmakers around the U.S. want to ban algorithmic pricing, but the “corporate lobby” is killing or watering down proposals, Colorado Rep. Javier Mabrey (D) said Wednesday.
Sendit violated COPPA by illegally collecting children’s data and deceived users with messages from fake people, the FTC announced Tuesday in a lawsuit against the Los Angeles-based anonymous messaging app.