A Chinese toy seller violated children’s privacy law by allowing a third party in China to collect children’s geolocation data without parental consent, the FTC alleged in an enforcement action announced Wednesday.
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Disney violated children’s privacy law by allowing illegal collection of minors' personal data on YouTube, the FTC alleged in a $10 million settlement announced with Disney on Tuesday.
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A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an en banc rehearing of the rejection of a $57 million FCC fine against AT&T for violating the agency's data protection rules. The panel modified its April opinion slightly, removing language that referred to a 2012 5th Circuit decision in U.S. v. Stevens (see 1208210038).
As the next deadline nears for DOJ’s bulk data transfer rule, “businesses must continue to take proactive steps to understand and implement the rule’s complex compliance requirements,” said Benesch privacy and tech attorneys in a blog post Friday.
A federal court on Tuesday dismissed a workplace privacy suit that DOJ brought against Illinois, ruling that federal immigration law isn't always absolute. The suit started in May, when DOJ alleged an amendment to Illinois’ Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act violated the Immigration Reform and Control Act (ICRA) of 1986 and other federal laws (see 2505050065).
Companies must understand their websites' tracking technologies and know what data they collect so they can remain compliant. This is especially so within the healthcare sector, said panelists during an IAPP webinar about Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance Wednesday.
Understanding definitions for “data broker” and sensitive personal data will help companies determine if they’re subject to FTC compliance under its new data broker law, Wiley attorneys said Wednesday.
Though many states have fallen short in filling gaps in federal privacy protections for health and genetic information, a few are trying, said Orrick lawyers in a Friday blog post. The lawyers said that public interest in genetic data is on the rise, though the recent 23andMe bankruptcy proceedings exposed concerns about what information is protected and what is not (see 2506100051 and 2506180018).