- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Kyle Brasseur2023-12-21T15:01:00
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to strengthen data security requirements and modernize certain aspects of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule.
The FTC announced its proposal Wednesday, after four years of reviews, workshops, and soliciting public feedback regarding whether the rule needed to be updated. The last time the agency changed COPPA was in 2013.
The aim of the latest round of potential changes to the rule is to “shift the burden from parents to providers to ensure that digital services are safe and secure for children,” the agency said. Requirements being proposed include:
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2024-08-21T17:17:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Federal Trade Commission is fighting against an online educational platform’s interpretation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, arguing that COPPA can’t force parents into arbitration.
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The Federal Trade Commission ordered anonymous messaging app creator NGL Labs and its two founders to pay $5 million for unfairly marketed to children and falsely claiming artificial intelligence filtered out bullying messages and threats.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation is looking to thwart the nation’s 10 largest airlines from monetizing passenger data or selling it to third parties.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has quickly become one of the most active agencies advancing the Trump administration’s pullback on prosecuting corporations, as it dropped yet another consumer protection lawsuit against a financial services company Wednesday.
2025-04-21T12:00:00Z By Neil Hodge
The United Kingdom’s latest effort to encourage regulators to pare down rules to attract companies and investment as a way to stimulate the economy has received mixed reviews from lawyers.
2025-04-18T14:01:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
A federal judge has ruled that Google “willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive acts” in the advertising technology industry, the latest antitrust setback in what could become a string of losses for tech companies.
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