The SEC and CFTC adopt identity theft red flag rules *

USA - April 23 2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") recently adopted rules requiring entities…

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Shine the light a little brighter – changes resulting in increased customer access proposed to California’s “Shine the Light” Act *

USA - April 11 2013
California Assembly Member, Bonnie Lowenthal, recently introduced the "Right to Know Act of 2013″ (AB 1291), which would require any company…

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California attorney general creates a new privacy protection unit *

USA - July 27 2012
California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris announced last week the creation of a new Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit, including six prosecutors, in the state’s Department of Justice.

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FTC fines first mobile app developer for COPPA violation *

USA - August 18 2011
On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that mobile application developer W3 Innovations, LLC (d/b/a Broken Thumbs Apps), has agreed to pay a fine of $50,000 in order to settle charges that it collected and disclosed personal information from children under the age of 13 without first notifying parents of information-collection policies or obtaining verifiable parental consent, in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC’s COPPA Rule (16 C.F.R.

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Seventh Circuit affirms district court decision that "electronically printed" receipts under FACTA does not include receipts emailed to consumers *

USA - August 24 2010
On August 10, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld an earlier ruling by the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division that email order confirmations are not “electronically printed” receipts under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (“FACTA”) amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Shlahtichman v.1-800 Contacts Inc., Case No. 09-4073 (7th Cir.; Aug. 10, 2010) is available here.

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