House Energy and Commerce Leaders Demand Information from Various Toy...
On October 26, 2022, House Energy and Commerce Committee and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee leaders (“Committee Leaders”) sent letters to several toy manufacturers, including Bandai...
View ArticleFTC Releases Updated Mobile Health App Compliance Tool
On December 7, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission released an updated Mobile Health App Interactive Tool to help developers determine what federal laws and regulations apply to apps that collect and...
View ArticleFTC Announces $520 Million in Settlements with Epic Games
On December 19, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced two settlements, amounting to $520 million, with Epic Games, Inc. in connection with alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy...
View ArticleTexas State Representative Introduces Comprehensive State Privacy Bill Draft
On February 6, 2023, Texas State Representative Giovanni Capriglione submitted H.B. 1844, a comprehensive privacy bill modeled after the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”). The bill could...
View ArticleFTC Asserts COPPA Does Not Preempt State Laws
On May 22, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission filed an amicus brief in support of a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that COPPA does not preempt state laws claims that...
View ArticleFTC Publishes Proposed Order Against Ed Tech Provider Edmodo
On May 22, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed order against education technology provider Edmodo, LLC (“Edmodo”) for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule...
View ArticleFTC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Update COPPA Rule
On December 20, 2023, the FTC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”), which would bring long-anticipated changes to the children’s online data privacy regime at the federal level in the U.S....
View ArticleWhat’s Next in Children’s Privacy: An Update on the FTC’s Proposed Changes to...
Hunton Andrews Kurth is hosting a webinar discussing the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed revisions to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (i.e., the COPPA Rule) on February 20, 2024, at...
View ArticleCIPL Files Response to FTC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the COPPA Rule
On March 8, 2024, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth (“CIPL”) filed its response to the Federal Trade Commission’s notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”), which...
View ArticleFTC Denies Parental Consent Application Pending NIST Report
On March 29, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced its decision to deny, without prejudice, an application from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (“ESRB”), Yoti and Kids Web Services for...
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