04 Nov, 2024 Online Consent to Tracking Software Under California Law: A Dive into the Shah v. Fandom Case By Christopher Ott An online advertising gold rush began from an unlikely source: meticulously mining the data beneath every click, scroll and interaction....
16 Oct, 2024 The GoldiLocks Principle: New Ninth Circuit Decision Makes It Clear that Privacy Policies Should Neither Be Too Short or Too Long By Christopher Ott Sophisticated businesses face complex and fast-changing privacy laws. On the internet, many companies have chosen to address that...
12 Jul, 2024 SEC Issues Guidance on Material Cybersecurity Incidents By Giovanni Caruso In a continuing effort to regularize the disclosures provided by companies under new Item 1.05 of Form 8-K, the U.S Securities and...
10 Jul, 2024 California's Privacy Agency Opens Public Comment for Data Broker Registration Regulations By Allison Cohen Administering the data broker registration process has proven a challenge for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) due to the...
27 Jun, 2024 APRA-cadabra! Hopes for a federal privacy law are disappearing By Robyn Mohr Earlier this morning, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) abruptly canceled the full mark-up of the...
14 Jun, 2024 No Privacy for Vermont (for now) By Jessica Lee On Thursday, Vermont Governor Phil Scott vetoed H.121, Vermont's consumer privacy bill, which included a limited private right of action...
30 May, 2024 SEC Director of Corporate Finance Issues Guidance on Disclosure of Cybersecurity Incidents By Giovanni Caruso In late 2023, Form 8-K was amended to include new Item 1.05, which requires public companies to disclose any cybersecurity incident a...
07 May, 2024 When Is Medication "Consumer Health Data" Under MHMD? By Jessica Lee Washington's Office of the Attorney General updated its FAQs for the My Health My Data Act this week to address when the use of...
27 Mar, 2024 Are You A Social Media Platform? If so, Florida Has New Rules for You. By Jessica Lee This week, the Governor of Florida signed HB 3 (an act relating to online protections for minors into law), which will require social...
15 Feb, 2024 FTC Guidelines on Using Consumer Data for New AI Projects: Retroactive Privacy Policy Updates Require Consent By Jessica Lee On February 13, 2024, the FTC published a blog reminding companies that it may be unfair or deceptive for a company to give themselves...
05 Feb, 2024 Takeaways From the Privacy Law Salon 2024 By Jessica Lee Harry Valetk Robyn Mohr In celebration of Data Privacy Day 2024, we share our insights and key takeaways from this year’s Privacy Law Salon Miami Roundtable. The...
10 Jan, 2024 FTC Issues its First Ban on the Use, Sale, Disclosure of Sensitive Location Data By Jessica Lee The FTC is starting the year strong with a consent order against X-Mode Social, Inc. and its successor Outlogic, LLC., prohibiting it...