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FTC Denies an Application to Add a New Verifiable Parental Consent Mechanism Under COPPA Rule Without Prejudice

April 2, 2024 By Maki DePalo and Hyun Jai Oh

On March 29, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) published a unanimous decision to deny an application by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, Yoti, and SuperAwesome (collectively, the “Applicants”) to add a new verifiable parental consent (“VPC”) mechanism under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA Rule”). The application, which our previous blog post […]

Filed Under: Children's Privacy, Data Protection, Enforcement, FTC, Online Privacy, Privacy Tagged With: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Data Protection, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Privacy

Oregon Becomes the Fourth State to Enact a Data Broker Law

August 11, 2023 By Maki DePalo and Hyun Jai Oh

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law the Bill Relating to Registration of Business Entities that Qualify as Data Brokers (HB 2052) (the “Act”) on July 27, 2023.  Effective January 1, 2024, the Act will require data brokers to annually register with the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (the “Department”).  The Act makes […]

Filed Under: Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Privacy, Regulatory Enforcement, US State Law

FTC Seeks Comments on a New Verifiable Parental Consent Mechanism Under COPPA

July 24, 2023 By Kathleen Benway, Maki DePalo and Hyun Jai Oh

On July 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced that it is seeking comment on an application for a new verifiable parental consent mechanism under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). The application, submitted jointly by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, Yoti, and SuperAwesome (collectively, the “Applicants”), requests the FTC to approve […]

Filed Under: Children's Privacy, FTC, Online Privacy, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

U.S. Department of Commerce Announces the Establishment of a Global CBPR Forum

April 25, 2022 By Maki DePalo and Yin Tydir

On April 21, 2022, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, and the United States of America issued a  Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Declaration announcing the establishment of the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules Forum (“Global CBPR Forum”).  U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo, in her statement, described the establishment of […]

Filed Under: CBPR, Data Protection, International, Privacy Tagged With: CBPR, International Data Transfers, Privacy

Japan’s Personal Information Protection Committee releases guidance on contact tracing mobile apps to combat COVID-19

May 4, 2020 By Maki DePalo

On May 1, the Personal Information Protection Committee in Japan (PPC) released guidance on the use of contact tracing mobile apps (Apps) as one of the mechanisms to combat the spread of COVID-19 and highlighted five essential consideration points.  Specifically, the PPC recommends that all “personal information handling business operators” carefully consider, and disclose their […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Data Security, International, Mobile Privacy, Online Privacy, Privacy Tagged With: COVID-19, Japan

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