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Federal Trade Commission’s revised COPPA Rule to take effect July 1st

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 17 2013

The revised Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule ("COPPA Rule") is poised to take effect as scheduled on July 1, 2013. On May 6, 2013, the

Federal agencies submit an intellectual property enforcement report to the President and Congress

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2010

In June 2010, several federal agencies submitted a joint report entitled, "Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement" to the President and Congress

Twitter settles with Federal Trade Commission in agency’s first case against a social networking service

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2010

In June, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") settled its first case brought against a social networking service under Section 5 of the FTC Act

Office of Management and Budget changes guidance on cookie use by government agencies

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2010

For the past ten years, the federal government, through the Office of Management and Budget's ("OMB") June 22, 2000 Memorandum on Privacy Policies and Data Collection on Federal Web Sites, effectively prohibited federal government sites from using cookies to collect data from visitors

Financial regulatory reform legislation enacted

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2010

Congress enacted landmark financial regulatory reform legislation in July, but the final measure did not include provisions passed by the House that would have expanded the rulemaking and enforcement authorities of the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"

Federal Trade Commission and Congress consider children’s online privacy

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2010

Children's online privacy has once again risen to the top of the agenda for the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation's Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance ("Senate Commerce Subcommittee"

Department of Health and Human Services issues proposed rules on health privacy

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2010

On July 8, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued new proposals on health privacy to implement the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health ("HITECH") Act, enacted as part of federal stimulus legislation in February 2009

Congress considers consumer privacy

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2010

With the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on July 21, 2010, Congress has moved its attention to matters related to privacy, data security, and cybersecurity

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party opinion on online behavioral advertising

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • August 2 2010

The European Union's ("EU") Article 29 Data Protection Working Party on June 22, 2010 adopted an opinion (the "Opinion") to clarify how EU law applies to online behavioral advertising ("OBA"

Federal Trade Commission announces review of COPPA Rule

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2010

On March 24, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission ("Commission") announced that it was commencing a review of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule ("COPPA Rule"), which implements the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA"

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