Tonya Riley reports: The first updates to the Federal Trade Commission’s children’s privacy rules in more than a decade leave students and educators without stronger tools to protect their privacy. The final rules unveiled Thursday, dropped an earlier proposal the FTC had floated to rein in educational technology providers. The proposals would have barred ed tech companies from…
Category: Laws
Google, YouTube Users Advance Privacy Suit Over Children’s Data
Christopher Brown reports: Google LLC and YouTube LLC must face some claims of a long-running proposed class action alleging they collected information concerning children who watched videos on their channels in violation of state privacy and consumer-protection laws. The plaintiffs sufficiently alleged that Google and YouTube engaged in highly offensive behavior in collecting children’s information without…
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Publishes Privacy Law FAQs
Hunton Andrews Kurth points us to a resource on New Jersey data privacy law: On January 6, 2025, the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Cyber Fraud Unit published a set of frequently asked questions and answers (“FAQs”) on the New Jersey Data Privacy Law (“NJDPL”). The FAQs are intended for the convenience of business that may be subject to…
The PIPC and CPPA Come Together to Advance Privacy and Data Protection: Declaration of Cooperation Signed
[Joint Press Release, January 12, 2025] The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC – the Republic of Korea) and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA – California, the United States of America) signed a declaration of cooperation on January 10th 2025, emphasizing their shared commitment to safeguarding the privacy and personal information of their citizens and…