A California-based lead generation company recently settled with the FTC for $1.5 million over alleged privacy violations. The FTC argued that the company deceptively acquired consumer personal information and improperly shared this information with various entities under the guise of
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U.S. Representatives Request Information from COPPA Safe Harbor Programs
On January 7, 2022, U.S. Representatives Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, penned a letter requesting information from each of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Safe Harbor programs.…
CPW Week in Review
In case you missed it, below are recent posts from Consumer Privacy World covering the latest developments on data privacy, security and innovation. Please reach out to the authors if you are interested in additional information.
Jan. 27 Event | Data Privacy: 2022 Business Challenges and Solutions
Join Gretchen Ramos, global co-chair of GT’s Data, Privacy, & Cybersecurity Practice, for PrivacyConnect’s “Data Privacy: 2022 Business Challenges and Solutions” webinar Jan. 27 at 10:00 a.m. EST.
The webinar will discuss questions on global expectations, local challenges,…
Virginia Legislature Proposes Amendments to its Consumer Data Protection Act
Virginia lawmakers are considering multiple amendments to Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA). These amendments mostly address a variety of open issues under the law, including the right to cure, how businesses can process deletion requests, and the scope of…
State Legislative Trends to Watch in 2022
A new year means new state privacy bills introduced in states across the country. With two additional states joining California last year with the passage of the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act and the Colorado Privacy Act, it is likely…
Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act: Litigation Update
As the use of facial recognition and other biometric technology expands, so too has litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Nearly 2,000 cases have been filed, the vast majority of them in Illinois. Late last year, the…
Austrian DPA Finds Data Transfers Resulting from Analytics Cookie Use to Be in Violation of GDPR Data Transfer Requirements
The Austrian data protection authority recently published a decision finding that the use of Google Analytics cookies violates both Chapter V of the GDPR, which establishes the rules on international data transfers, and the Schrems II judgment of the Court…
Irish DPC Publishes Guidance On Processing Children’s Personal Data
One of every five people (20.5%) in Ireland are children under the age of 14. This constitutes the highest proportion of children in the EU, where the average was 15.2% in 2019. Ireland’s proportion of young people under the age…
Fraud, Data Breaches Continuing to Crush Federal and State Unemployment Benefit Departments, Pennsylvania’s Next?
Few want to get past the COVID-19 pandemic more than leaders of federal and state unemployment benefit departments. For the last 2 years they have been successfully targeted for fraud and data breaches, racking up billions in losses. Thousands of…