Kevin Milewski
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With the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), cybersecurity criminals and scammers are ramping up their efforts to target vulnerable employers and workforces. The FTC announced today that since January they have received more than 7,800 fraud complaints from consumers related to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the FTC isn’t slowing down either. Even with the … Continue Reading
Earlier this month, the FTC sent a letter to Wildec, LLC, the Ukraine-based maker of several mobile dating apps, alleging that the apps were collecting the personal information and location data of users under the age of 13 without first obtaining verifiable parental consent or otherwise complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). … Continue Reading
California already has some of the strongest data privacy laws in the United States, but within the past week state legislators, with the backing of the California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, have proposed two new bills that would strengthen California’s data privacy laws even more. One bill (SB 561) would amend key sections of the … Continue Reading
FTC Ramps up COVID-19 Activity After Improving its Data Security Enforcement Orders
By Kevin Milewski, Ryan P. Blaney and Stephanie Kapinos on Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy Laws
Amid a Spate of Activity, COPPA Remains an FTC Enforcement Priority
By Bonnie Yeomans, Kevin Milewski and Stephanie Kapinos on Posted in Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Privacy Law, Social Media
Bills Introduced in California Legislature to Expand Scope of Breach Notification Law and Amend the CCPA
By Kristen J. Mathews, Kevin Milewski and Stephanie Kapinos on Posted in California, Data Privacy Laws, Privacy Law
