A recent spate of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcements has pushed consumer opt-outs to the fore, clarifying what regulators consider important, Cynthia Cole, an intellectual property lawyer at Baker McKenzie, said during a webinar Tuesday.
The FTC’s recent children’s privacy claims against Disney and Apitor suggest companies should carefully scrutinize third-party vendors and software development kits (SDKs), privacy experts told us in recent interviews. The focus on children’s privacy suggests Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Republican commissioner are following through on this administration’s promises to protect children, they said.
Human resources company Sequoia Benefits must pay $8.7 million in a settlement from a 2022 data breach that exposed the personal information of about 580,000 individuals, a federal court ruled in a court document filed Tuesday.
While there is much debate in courts over the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), class certification is one of the largest obstacles, said Morrison Foerster lawyers in a blog post Wednesday.
While companies often understand they risk incurring regulatory fines when they ignore data privacy, many underestimate the real cost of this approach, which includes the potential for lawsuits and class actions, said Bricker Graydon lawyer Nancy Magoteaux in a blog post Tuesday.
A law firm is investigating allegations that Disney violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal data, without parental knowledge or consent, from children who watched its videos online, and using the data to serve them targeted ads.
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Companies should carefully analyze how third-party vendors are handling data to ensure compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), privacy attorneys said in posts responding to the FTC’s recent action against Disney (see 2509020069) and Apitor (see 2509030057).
An August settlement between the Massachusetts attorney general and a property management company over its shortcomings in handling a cybersecurity breach is a cautionary tale for any business collecting and storing consumer data, said a Hudson Cook lawyer in a blog post Aug. 29.
Age-estimation technology and its role in reducing regulatory burden is gaining attention in industry and data privacy circles, an official with BBB National Programs said Friday.