Canada, PIPEDA, Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act, Digital Privacy Act, consent, notice, breach notification, privacy policies, children, cross-border, transborder, extraterritorial jurisdiction
CANADA: Meaningful Consent, Inappropriate Data Practices, and Breach Notification
By W. Scott Blackmer on November 30, 2018
adtech, children, data protection officer, dpo, employees, ePrivacy Regulation, GDPR, general data protection regulation
GDPR: Kids and Other Quirks
By W. Scott Blackmer on March 20, 2018
AGE, APP, app developers, CARU, children's privacy, COPPA, FTC, Mobile, privacy
Math Question As Age-Gate and Invite-A-Friend Under Fire
By Jamie Rubin on April 26, 2016
children's online privacy protection act, children's privacy, comments, COPPA, Federal, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, notice, privacy, Register, Rulemaking
FTC Seeks Comment on New Proposed Revisions to COPPA Rule
By Justine Young Gottshall on August 02, 2012
amendments, children, comments, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Info Law Group, InfoLawGroup, information law group, InformationLawGroup, Nicole Friess, online privacy, privacy, Rule
FTC Proposes Revisions to COPPA Rule
By InfoLawGroup LLP on September 15, 2011
California, children, data mining, First Amendment, health information, Info Law Group, InfoLawGroup, information law group, InformationLawGroup, Nicole Friess, pharmaceutical companies, privacy, privacy legislation, Supreme Court, Vermont, video games
Supreme Court Pro-Business and First Amendment - Targeted Regulations in Trouble
By InfoLawGroup LLP on June 28, 2011
children's privacy, COPPA, data protection, FTC, InfoLawGroup, information law group, InformationLawGroup, Playdom, privacy, privacy enforcement, Section 5, unfair practices
FTC Enforcement Update: "Virtual Worlds" Operators Settle Children's Privacy Violation Charges; Pay $3M Fine
By InfoLawGroup LLP on May 12, 2011
On May 12, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission announced that the operators of 20 online virtual worlds have agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges that they violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule by collecting and disclosing personal information from hundreds of thousands of children under age 13 without their parents' prior consent. The FTC noted that this settlement is the largest civil penalty for a violation of the FTC's COPPA Rule.
Boris Segalis, children, children's privacy, enforcement, FTC, privacy, privacy enforcement, Section 5
FTC Settles Charges that Company Failed to Tell Users -- Parents -- that Children's Information Would be Disclosed to Marketers
By InfoLawGroup LLP on November 30, 2010
On November 30, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with EchoMetrix, Inc. with respect to charges that the company failed to adequately disclose its privacy practices. EchoMetrix sells software that allows parents to monitor their children's online activities. The FTC alleged that the company engaged in a deceptive act or practice in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act by failing to inform parents that the information the software collected about their children would be disclosed to third parties for marketing purposes.
