Ad Law Access

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

New Privacy Perspectives Episode: App Store Age Assurance Laws Aren’t Going Away

Texas recently blocked its App Store Accountability Act from taking effect on First Amendment grounds. Problem solved, right? Not even close. In the latest episode of Privacy Perspectives (part of the Ad Law Access…

South Carolina Age-Appropriate Design Code Nears Finish Line

South Carolina is slated to join a growing group of states that have passed age-appropriate design code (AADC) requirements for online products used by children and teens. On January 21, 2026, the South Carolina Senate…

Getting Ready to Use the DROP

The January 31 deadline for companies that operated as data brokers in 2025 to register in California has passed, but registration is just the beginning of what lies ahead for data brokers in the remainder of 2026 (and…

35 State AGs Don’t Grok xAI, Issue Letter of Concern

Last week, 35 state attorneys general, led by Connecticut, North Carolina, Utah, and Pennsylvania, penned a letter to xAI outlining concerns regarding nonconsensual intimate images (NCII) generated on Grok. Though the…

Center for Industry Self-Regulation Launches Institute for Responsible Influence

This week, the Center for Industry Self-Regulations launched the Institute for Responsible Influence, an entity whose first key initiative will be a certification program designed “to elevate transparency, strengthen…