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FTC on COPPA: no delay

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2013

This afternoon, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously rejected requests from industry organizations to delay the July 1 date for compliance

War of words regarding implementation of amendments to COPPA

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 24 2013

The long-awaited amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) have been the subject of much discussion and debate. Last week

Privacy-on-the-go: make sure that “killer app” has a privacy policy update

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 11 2013

We posted this alert back in March, and now California Attorney General Kamala Harris has released a recommended set of privacy best practices for

FTC to mobile app developers: get privacy right from the start

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 5 2012

Mobile app developers have some unique challenges when it comes to preparation and implementation of privacy policies

AntiSec hackers strike again

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 4 2012

AntiSec the hacker group that is the “merger” of Anonymous and Lulzsec claims to have obtained the unique device identifiers (UDIDs) from 12 million Apple iPhone and iPad users by breaching an FBI computer, and have published more than 1 million of them

FTC v. MySpace Part II the takeaways

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2012

The FTC has again provided us with a road map to compliance through the Myspace consent order

FTC consent order requires Myspace privacy assessments for 20 years: how can you keep the FTC out of your space?

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2012

Once again, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a warning to companies with online privacy policies: if your privacy policy misrepresents protection of users’ personal information either directly or indirectly, you risk being charged with unfair and deceptive business practices under the FTC Act

Symantec: malicious cyber attacks increased by 81 percent in 2011 and data breaches up

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2012

Symantec has released its annual Internet Security Threat Report, and the numbers are astounding

Privacy-on-the-go: make sure that “killer app” has a privacy policy

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 13 2012

Although one would never realize it when downloading many popular mobile apps on any of the major platforms (Apple’s iTunes, Google, Amazon, RIM, HP, etc.) the requirements of California’s Online Privacy Protection Act to have a “clear and conspicuous” privacy policy apply to mobile apps as well as online website

Privacy-on-the-go: California Attorney General and major mobile application platforms agree to privacy principles for mobile applications

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 12 2012

Application developers have been put on notice by the State of California