Ad Law Access

Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

Big Government? FTC Advocates for More Authority in Congressional Hearing

Last week, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a Committee Hearing on the Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission. All five Commissioners attended and their message was largely the same: the FTC needs…

GDPR Sidebar: Comparing the California Consumer Privacy Act to the GDPR

California recently passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), providing new rights for California consumers (broadly defined as California residents) regarding their personal data. The CCPA is modeled after…

California Enacts Sweeping Privacy Law; Will Other States Follow?

On June 28, 2018, Governor Brown signed into law the “ California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 .” The legislation was a compromise to avoid a ballot initiative that was more closely modeled after the European Union’s…

GDPR SIDEBAR: Best Practices for Complying with GDPR Consent Requirements

Under the GDPR, processors must have a lawful basis for processing any data of an EU data subject. Consent is one of six lawful bases [1] under the GDPR, and in this installment of GDPR SIDEBAR, we'll cover best…

New Watchdog, New Tricks: European Data Protection Board Adopts GDPR Guidelines and Releases Statement on ePrivacy Regulation

Less than one week after replacing the now defunct Article 29 Working Party (WP29), the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted new guidelines on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and issued a…