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

Privacy Shield Pierced? Article 29 Working Party Expresses Concern with Agreement

The Article 29 Working Party (The Working Party), which includes representative data protection authorities from each EU member country and the European Data Protection Supervisor, issued a 58-page opinion yesterday…

Are You Covered? Fourth Circuit Finds CGL Insurance Coverage for Data Breach

As data breaches have continued to grow over the past few years, interest in cyber insurance coverage has grown along with it. This week, the Fourth Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling in Travelers Indemnity Co. of…

'Smart' Ways To Avoid FTC Internet Of Things Scrutiny

Connected devices have existed in the marketplace in one form or another for decades (think vending machines or weather sensors). Yet, a confluence of forces in recent years has helped spur a mass proliferation of…

Think Before You App: FTC Releases Compliance Tools for Health App Developers

Kelley Drye

The Federal Trade Commission furthered its outreach to the mobile app developer community last week by issuing new guidance for integrating privacy and security into mobile health apps, as well as an interactive online…

FCC Proposes Sweeping Broadband Privacy and Data Security Rules

On March 31, 2016, the FCC voted along party lines (3-2) to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to establish privacy rules for Broadband Internet Access Service (BIAS) providers. These proposals, if adopted,…