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Toying With Children’s Data: Lessons From the FTC’s First Connected Toys Settlement Action

By Alan L. Friel and Carolina Alonso on January 17, 2018 Posted in Advertising, Children’s Privacy

Every year, especially around the holidays, more and more products that connect to the internet hit the market. For adults, connected home devices that act like personal domestic assistants have become increasingly popular. Children have been adding connected toys, some of which have the intelligence and programming to become a child’s best friend, to their … Continue Reading

2016 Mobile Data Privacy and Security Update and 2015 Review

By Fernando A. Bohorquez, Jr. and Jenna N. Felz on April 4, 2016 Posted in Mobile Privacy

To say that mobile device usage has reached a tipping point would be an understatement. There are now more mobile devices than people in the world, a staggering 7.9 billion mobile devices for 7.4 billion people on Earth. In the U.S., more time is spent on mobile media than on desktop and other media, 2.8 … Continue Reading

California Continues to Regulate Privacy and Advertising to Minors in New Law Regulating School-related Online Services

By Alan L. Friel on September 30, 2014 Posted in Cybersecurity, Enforcement

On September 29, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1177 into law, effective Jan 1, 2015. See Governor Brown Issues Legislative Update. The new privacy and advertising regulation goes beyond FERPA, the federal student privacy law, and existing state student privacy laws that govern schools and requires them to obtain privacy protections for student … Continue Reading

Yikes, Yelp! Targeted In FTC’s Stepped Up Enforcement of Children’s Privacy – General Audience Services Take Heed

By Alan L. Friel on September 17, 2014 Posted in Children’s Privacy

Signaling a predicted renewal of enforcement of the federal children’s privacy law following broad expansion last year of who and what is covered by the rules, the FTC has filed and settled two recent law suits against mobile app publishers, resulting $750,000 in civil penalties. Most noteworthy is that only one of the two is … Continue Reading