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

Tech Innovation Prompting Revisions to Children’s Privacy Law? FTC Reviewing COPPA Rule and Holding Workshop

The FTC announced today that it is seeking comments on a variety of issues related to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule. Although only six years have passed since the FTC’s 2013 COPPA Rule update,…

New York Fails to Move Privacy Bill Forward

New York’s efforts to pass the New York Privacy Act failed when the bill did not appear in the most recent legislative session. The bill, said to be “tougher,” “bolder,” and more “sweeping” than other privacy…

California Senate Committee Blesses Majority of CCPA Amendments

Seven amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) are one step closer to becoming law after the California Senate Committee on the Judiciary voted to advance the legislation earlier this month. The bills…

North Dakota Joins Other States Regulating Automatic Renewals

Earlier this year, we posted about new laws governing automatic renewals in DC and Vermont . Starting on July 31, 2019, companies also need to worry about a similar statute in North Dakota. Under the new law,…

CCPA Update: Employee Exemption Bill Amended in Senate Committee

California legislators are tweaking language in a proposal to exclude employee or job applicant data from the State’s landmark privacy law slated to take effect in January. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)…