Updates on Developments in Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
Resolving the FTC’s first complaint against a mobile app developer under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), W3 Innovations, LLC, a developer of children’s games for the iPhone and iPod touch, has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle allegations that it collected and disclosed the personal information of thousands of children under the…
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Last week, the Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision in the Brown v. Entertainment Merchant’s Association case. Justice Scalia, writing for Justices Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, held that a California law restricting the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, and mandating “18” labels for such games, violates…
Continue Reading Supreme Court Reaffirms Application of First Amendment to Children
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) provides a safe harbor for companies that comply with FTC-approved self-regulatory guidelines. Since COPPA’s enactment, the FTC has approved proposals submitted by CARU, ESRB, TRUSTe, and Privo, Inc.
Aristotle, which operates the Integrity suite of age and identity verification services, recently filed an application with the FTC to…
Continue Reading FTC Seeks Comment on Aristotle’s COPPA Safe Harbor Application
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on the use of location-based services in connection with a forthcoming staff report. Comments are due to the FCC by July 8, 2011.
The agency also is teaming up with the Federal Trade Commission to host an educational forum on June 28, 2011…
Continue Reading FCC Drafting a Report on Location-Based Services
Senator Rockefeller, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, has asked Apple, Google, and the Association for Competitive Technology to respond to questions to help determine whether the applications running on their mobile platforms comply which the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). COPPA requires operators of certain websites and online…
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The Federal Trade Commission today reached a $3 million settlement with 20 operators of online virtual worlds. The settlement is the largest civil penalty that the FTC has obtained to date for a violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
The FTC alleged that the operators collected…
Continue Reading FTC Settles COPPA Charges Against Virtual World Operators
Yesterday, the American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education sponsored the program “Marketing to Minors: Traps for the Unwary in a Rapidly Evolving Legal Landscape.” Representatives from the Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Commission, and Gannett provided an overview of the current rules for…
