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 guidance to help operators of commercial websites...

The Supreme Court’s July 6th decision in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc. quickly dashed hopes that the sea of litigation centered around the Telephone Consumer Privacy Act (“TCPA”) would come to an end.  The TCPA...

A recent District Court decision has called into question the enforceability of mandatory arbitration clauses against third parties that use a product or service but do not themselves agree to arbitrate. On April 9th, Judge...

UPDATE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FTC has extended the deadline to submit comments by sixty days. The original deadline was April 21, 2020. The new deadline is June 22, 2020. With the rise...

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has released a new report, entitled Cybersecurity and Resiliency Observations, which stands as their most detailed and comprehensive information security guidance to date....

Washington state may be leading the charge on privacy legislation in 2020. The state legislature introduced several privacy bills during the first week of its 2020 legislative session, including an updated version of the Washington...