Category Archives: Online Privacy

FTC Seeks Comment on Fundamental Privacy Enforcement Issues

On August 6, the FTC announced that it is seeking comment on a number of topics that are fundamental to its work, including on privacy. These topics will form the basis of its hearings on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century”, which it will hold from September through January 2019, as we recently … Continue Reading

FTC Provides Insight into COPPA Deletion Requirements

By Shanna Pearce on July 12, 2018 Posted in Children's Privacy, Consumer Privacy, FTC, Online Privacy

The Federal Trade Commission recently posted a blog entry reminding companies about the deletion requirements under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Namely, that companies under the Act must give parents the right to review and delete their children’s information. In addition COPPA also requires companies to delete children’s personal information when the information is … Continue Reading

NJ AG Settles with Chinese Firm Over COPPA Violations, FTC Sends Warning Letters

By Liisa Thomas on May 10, 2018 Posted in Children's Privacy, COPPA, Online Privacy

The NJ attorney general recently announced that it settled with a Chinese entity over violations of COPPA. The company promotes itself as a “virtual beauty counter,” and makes a variety of apps that let consumers virtually try on makeup. These apps include facial recognition technology, as well as photo-editing tools that allow users to customize … Continue Reading

Dawn of the New FTC

By Jonathan E. Meyer on May 9, 2018 Posted in Consumer Privacy, FTC, Online Privacy

On April 26, the Senate voted to confirm nominees to all five Commissioner slots on the Federal Trade Commission. It was the first time the entire FTC has been confirmed at once since its founding in 1914. The new roster of Commissioners raises new questions about the role the FTC will play in cybersecurity and … Continue Reading

Connected Toys, COPPA, and What’s Next

By Shanna Pearce on February 22, 2018 Posted in Children's Privacy, Internet of Things, Online Privacy

The settlement between VTech Electronics Ltd. and the FTC in the first Internet-connected toys COPPA case is a reminder for companies looking to enter the connected toys space not to forget this child-focused law. The FTC complaint alleged that VTech violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the FTC’s COPPA Rule because it collected … Continue Reading

How to Prepare Interest-Based Video Ads for the April 1 Deadline

By Liisa Thomas on January 25, 2018 Posted in Behavioral Advertising, Consumer Privacy, Online Privacy

The Better Business Bureau’s Online Interest Based Advertising Accountability Program announced that that it will require interest-based video ads to provide notice and choice to viewers as of April 1, 2018, as we reported in our Advertising blog, in compliance with the Digital Advertising Alliance’s self-regulatory principles for interest-based advertising. As providers of interest-based video … Continue Reading

France Joins Others, Enforces Against Connected Toys

By Shanna Pearce on December 19, 2017 Posted in Children's Privacy, Consumer Privacy, Online Privacy

France’s data protection commissioner joins others in taking action against toymaker Genesis Toys related to its popular internet-connected toys My Friend Cayla and i-Que Robot. Last December, a number of consumer groups filed complaints with regulators in the U.S. and Europe raising privacy and security concerns about the toys. The groups asserted that the toys … Continue Reading

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