On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 5-0 to approve the finalized amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) that would offer additional privacy safeguards for children under the age of thirteen. The amened COPPA Rule will require operators to obtain separate verifiable parental consent before disclosing personal information […]
Online Privacy
Top Ten Takeaways from California AG’s Healthcare AI Advisory
On January 13, 2025, California Attorney General (“AG”) Rob Bonta issued an advisory describing providers’ and businesses’ obligations related to the development, sale, and use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and automated decision systems (“ADS”) in the healthcare industry (“Advisory”). The Advisory puts healthcare providers, insurers, and businesses serving the healthcare industry on notice of the […]
Massachusetts Top Court Torpedoes Website Analytics Wiretapping Class Action
On October 24, 2024, in a long-awaited decision in Vita v. New England Baptist Hospital, Massachusetts’ highest court snuffed out an attempt to use the state’s 1968 Wiretap Act to impose liability on a hospital system for its use of third-party analytics technologies on its website. The case had been closely watched by the business […]
New York Attorney General Investigates Companies for Website Tags, Publishes Guidelines on Online Tracking Technologies
On July 30, 2024, the New York Attorney General Letitia James announced she had completed an investigation into the tracking technology practices of popular websites, and used this to create website privacy guides on online tracking for New York businesses and consumers. These consist of a “Business Guide” and a “Consumer Guide.” The Business Guide […]
New York AG Seeks Comments on Rulemaking for Minors’ Online Protection Laws
On August 1, 2024, New York Attorney General (“AG”) Letitia James issued two advanced notices of proposed rulemaking (“ANPRs”) for the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act (the “SAFE Act”) and the Child Data Protection Act (the “CDPA”), both of which New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law on June 20, 2024. […]