Covington at #SXSW: Can Innovation and Kids’ Privacy Coexist?
Last weekend at South by Southwest (“SXSW”) Interactive, a panel promoted the notion that it is in fact possible to harmonize innovation with kids’ privacy in the app space, but that doing so involves...
View ArticleTen Key Take-Aways From the White House Big Data Report
On Thursday, the White House Big Data Working Group, led by senior presidential advisor John Podesta, released a 79-page report that outlines a number of key observations and recommendations for...
View ArticleCalifornia AG Releases Online Tracking Disclosure Guidelines
California Attorney General Kamala Harris today released guidelines to help websites comply with a state law that went into effect on January 1, 2014, pertaining to online tracking disclosures. The...
View ArticleFederal Trade Commission Releases Report on Mobile Shopping Apps: Finds...
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a staff report examining the consumer-protection implications of popular shopping apps. These services are intended to ease and enhance the shopping...
View ArticleCourt Grants in Part and Denies in Part Yahoo’s Motion to Dismiss ECPA Claims
On Tuesday, August 12, 2014, the Northern District of California’s Judge Lucy Koh issued an order granting in part and denying in part Yahoo’s motion to dismiss claims that it violated federal and...
View ArticleFTC Settlement Requires Fandango and Credit Karma to Establish Comprehensive...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has approved final orders settling charges against Fandango and Credit Karma that the companies misrepresented the security of their mobile apps and failed to...
View ArticleForever 21 Faces Point-of-Sale Data Collection Class Action Lawsuit
Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 Retail Inc. faces a putative class action lawsuit alleging that the retailer violated California law by requesting and recording shoppers’ credit card numbers and...
View ArticleGlobal App Review Finds 85% of Apps Have Privacy Shortcomings
By Monika Kuschewsky and Katherine Gasztonyi In May 2014, the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (“GPEN”) performed its second Global Privacy Sweep, in which 26 privacy enforcement authorities from 19...
View ArticleCFPB Finalizes Rule to Allow Online Privacy Disclosures from Financial...
By Ani Gevorkian On Monday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule that promotes more effective privacy disclosures and saves the financial services industry around $17...
View ArticleCovington Selected to Lead Panel at #SXSW 2015
Covington has been selected to host a panel and privacy-by-design bootcamp at the 2015 South by Southwest (“SXSW”) Interactive Festival, which will take place next March 13-17. The panel will be led...
View ArticleRecent Ninth Circuit Decisions Address Whether Consumers Must Explicitly...
The Ninth Circuit recently issued two opinions addressing whether companies should require customers to explicitly agree to key provisions of user terms and other policies. On Monday, a unanimous...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon Grades Privacy of Android Apps
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have designed a website that doles out grades to Android apps based on their privacy practices. The website, privacygrade.org, assigns grades based on a model...
View ArticleChina Clarifies Requirements for Companies Regarding Consumers’ Personal...
New consumer protection provisions that clarify how companies may collect, use, and protect personal information of consumers will come into effect in China on March 15, 2015. On January 5, 2015,...
View ArticleChina’s Internet Gatekeeper Announces Legislation to Enhance Personal...
China’s principal internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”), announced this week that China will move forward new legislation to combat the improper collection, use, and sale...
View ArticleWhite House Privacy Bill: A Deeper Dive
As we reported earlier today, the long-awaited White House draft of privacy and data security legislation has been released. While the United States does not today have a comprehensive privacy and data...
View ArticleMultistakeholder Group Seeks Comment on Draft Framework for IoT Device...
Earlier this week, the Online Trust Alliance released a draft framework of best practices for Internet of Things device manufacturers and developers, such as connected home devices and wearable fitness...
View ArticleFCC Releases NPRM on Broadband Privacy Rules
Last Friday, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released its much-anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) setting forth and seeking comment on proposed rules to govern the privacy...
View ArticleONC Report to Congress Identifies Gaps in Oversight of Privacy and Security...
Today we published a post on the Covington eHealth blog regarding a recent report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...
View ArticleChina Issues Draft Regulations on Protecting Minors in Cyberspace
China’s top internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”), continues to show interest in setting more stringent rules governing the protection of minors in the context of online...
View ArticleFTC Releases Privacy Disclosure Staff Summary
On November 30, the FTC released a staff summary of its September 15, 2016 public workshop, Putting Disclosures to the Test. Numerous goods and services, from home appliances to financial services,...
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