Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On January 13, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued two legal advisories on the use of AI, including in the healthcare context. The first legal advisory (“AI Advisory”) advises consumers and entities about their rights and obligations under the state’s consumer protection, civil rights, competition, and data privacy laws with respect to the use…
The Federal Trade Commission finalized changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule to set new requirements around the collection, use and disclosure of children’s personal information and give parents new tools and protections to help them control what data is provided to third parties about their children. The final rule requires parents to opt in to third-party…
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…
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…