Court Dismisses New Mexico AG’s Lawsuit Challenging Google’s Educational Tools For Kids
A U.S. Federal Court dismissed the New Mexico Attorney General’s lawsuit against Google that alleged the technology company failed to obtain proper parental consent to collect personal information from students who use its educational ...
EDPB Wants Schrems II Compliance Now, but Clearer Guidance is Months Away
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) plans to release further guidance in the coming months on specific steps that companies can take to export personal data from the European Economic Area to ...
$10M FTC Settlement Highlights Importance of Auto-renewal Transparency
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) settled charges with Age of Learning—the operator of ABCmouse, a digital learning program for children—that the company: (1) failed to disclose material auto-renewal terms, (2) did not obtain consumers’ ...
Another Privacy Shield Bites the Dust
While not outright eliminating the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield, the Swiss Data Protection Authority, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), announced in a position paper on September 8, 2020 that he no longer ...
Apple Delays Launch of Certain iOS 14 Privacy Features, Including Tracking Consent
Today, Apple confirmed that it will delay the launch of its iOS 14 AppTrackingTransparency feature until early next year. However, Apple still intends to release iOS 14 this fall, along with its new ...
Supplementing SCCs to Solve Surveillance Shortfalls
This article was originally published in the IAPP Daily Dashboard on August 19, 2020. By invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield but not rejecting wholesale the use of standard contractual clauses to transfer ...
Seeking Enthusiastic Candidates for Our 2021 Fellowship Program
We are seeking candidates for our 2021-2022 Fellowship Program. The program presents a unique opportunity to work with and learn from some of the most experienced privacy and data security lawyers representing ...
FTC Issues Revised FAQs for COPPA Compliance
On July 22, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued revised FAQs regarding the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the FTC Rule issued thereunder (together “COPPA”). The COPPA FAQs provide practical ...
€16.7M Direct Marketing Fine Issued by Italian Authority
On July 9, 2020, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) issued a 16.7 million euro fine against Wind Tre S.p.A., an Italian telecom operator, for a number of unlawful data processing activities ...
Privacy Shield Dies, SCCs Survive (With a Catch): CJEU
Today the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled that: The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework (“Privacy Shield”) is no longer a valid mechanism for exportation of personal data from the ...
