Privacy and Data Security
Federal and state laws regulate the collection and use of personal information. The FTC and states attorney general enforce privacy-related promises made to consumers and initiates investigations and enforcement actions against organizations that violate consumers’ privacy rights and fail to implement reasonably adequate data security protocols.
Privacy Lawyer Authors Article on Recent Data Protection Developments for National Law Review
Privacy Law Attorney on Recent Data Protection and GDPR Developments Privacy lawyer Richard B. Newman authored an article for the National Law Review, a legal news journal by leading attorneys. The article, “Privacy Lawyer on Recent Data Protection Developments,” addresses the first monetary penalty imposed by a European privacy regulator since the GDPR became effective – and it did…
Read Article...Richard B. Newman Featured in DataGuidance on TCPA ATDS Definition
Telemarketing lawyer Richard B. Newman was recently featured in DataGuidance, a global privacy and regulatory compliance platform used by privacy professionals worldwide. The article, entitled “Diverging Court Decisions Over Definition of ATDS Under TCPA,” assesses recent judicial decisions pertaining to how an automated telephone dialing system should be defined under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.…
Read Article...FTC Attorney Richard Newman Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Record NY OAG COPPA Settlement
FTC investigation attorney Richard B. Newman was quoted in Bloomberg Law in an article entitled “New York, Oath Settle Children’s Online Privacy Charges for $5M.” The article addresses the New York Attorney General announcement of a record settlement with Oath, Inc., formerly known as AOL, for allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The penalty is the largest-ever penalty in a…
Read Article...FTC Defense Lawyer Discusses Ohio’s New Data Protection Act
As previously blogged about here, digital marketers must take care to stay abreast of domestic date privacy legislation. In fact, at a time with the tech industry is pushing for federal privacy legislation, California, Colorado and Vermont have respectively enacted privacy, cybersecurity and data broker disclosure laws. Add Ohio to the mix. Effective November 1,…
Read Article...FTC Approves Changes to Video Game Industry Self-Regulatory COPPA Program
The FTC’s COPPA Rule requires, inter alia, that operators of commercial websites and online services directed to children under the age of 13, or general audience websites and online services that knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, must obtain parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing any personal information from children under the…
Read Article...India Considering New Data Privacy Law
The Indian government is currently considering a landmark data privacy law dubbed the Personal Data Protection Bill of 2018. The PDPB has some similarities to the European Union’s GDPR, and would significantly impact U.S. companies’ decisions on whether to use Indian data processors and whether to utilize and maintain the personal data of Indian consumers.…
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