On February 1, 2023, the FTC released guidance highlighting three data security practices that the agency increasingly views as essential for protecting consumer data. Complex data systems, the FTC argues, require “safety engineering” to reduce risk. One...
On January 4th, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (yes, the “Fall 2022” agenda was published in January 2023), including short and long-term...
On August 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) seeking public comment regarding the collection, aggregation, analysis, retention, transfer, or monetization of consumer data, which the FTC calls “commercial surveillance,”...
Twitter agreed to pay a $150 million penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company violated its 2011 consent order, in part, by collecting user phone numbers and email addresses for security purposes...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a policy statement on May 19, 2022, making clear that it intends to increase its enforcement of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) against education technology (EdTech) providers...
In a decision issued on May 23, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled in Netchoice, LLC v. Moody that many of the requirements of Florida’s S.B. 7072 likely violate the...