Amy Howe reports: Nearly 24 hours after a Texas law that bans nearly all abortions in the state went into effect, the Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed what it had previously only implied through its failure to act the night before: The court rejected a request to block enforcement of the law, which abortion providers…
Category: U.S.
Illinois’ Protecting Household Privacy Act Was Signed Into Law. Now What?
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: On August 27, 2021, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Protecting Household Privacy Act into law. It goes into effect Jan. 1, 2022. House Bill 2553 prohibits Illinois law enforcement agencies from obtaining household electronic data or direct the acquisition of household electronic data from a private third party….
New Mexico Attorney General Files COPPA Suit Against Game Developer
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On August 25, 2021, New Mexico Attorney General (“AG”) Hector Balderas sued Rovio Entertainment (“Rovio” or the “Company”), the developer of the popular Angry Birds mobile app games, alleging that the Company violated the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) by knowingly collecting data from players under age 13 and…
Man arrested after deputy drops phone in truck, locates it with Find my iPhone
Wilson Beese reports that a Denver man was arrested Monday after being located through the Find my iPhone app. It seems that a deputy had placed his own iPhone on the rail of a suspect’s truck bed, and after the suspect escaped in the truck, when the deputy realized his phone was in the truck,…