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Every privacy law begins in the same place: a definition. Before any obligation to disclose, obtain consent, honor a deletion request, or report a breach attaches, the law must first establish what information it governs. That foundational concept, “personal information” in U.S. law and “personal data” in European and many international frameworks, is the threshold …
A cookie banner is not just a design element; rather, it is a statement to every visitor about what the business will and will not do with their data, and the privacy notice behind it is a second, more detailed statement. When a visitor clicks “Reject All” and tracking continues, or an opt-out stops one …
An advertisement makes the proposition unusually clear: “You’ve got 3 years of emails, invoices, and business records doing nothing. We’ll pay you six figures for them.” For a business sitting on years of operational records, the offer can sound like an opportunity to monetize an overlooked asset. For the employees, customers, and others described in …
Congressional scrutiny of Webull brings renewed attention to the relationship between data residency, foreign access, corporate control, and the Department of Justice’s Data Security Program. Where a company stores customer information is an important compliance question. Who can access that information and who can influence the systems that process it may be just as consequential. …
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One of the most common questions that arises when drafting or updating website terms and conditions for clients is deceptively simple: Should we include an arbitration clause? There is no universal right answer, and if any attorney tells you otherwise, be skeptical. The calculus depends on the nature of your business, your user base, the …
On March 30, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against Humor Rainbow, Inc. d/b/a OkCupid and its affiliate Match Group Americas, LLC, alleging that OkCupid provided nearly three million users’ photos, demographic information, and location data to an unrelated facial recognition AI …
On March 5, 2026, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) announced a $375,703 settlement with Ford Motor Company over alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The violation at issue is narrow but significant: Ford required consumers to complete an email verification step before it would process their request to opt out of …
On February 27, 2026, the Board of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) adopted a Stipulated Final Order against 2080 Media, Inc. d/b/a PlayOn Sports, the leading digital ticketing and media platform for high school sports and activities, requiring the company to pay a $1.1 million administrative fine and implement sweeping compliance reforms. CalPrivacy’s announcement …
For years, digital platforms have faced a regulatory paradox at the heart of children’s privacy compliance. Under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), obligations turn on several factors: whether a service is primarily directed to children, whether it is a mixed-audience platform that opts to implement age-screening, and which categories of personal information are …
The California Attorney General’s office does not pick enforcement targets at random. When it trained its sights on Disney’s streaming ecosystem and emerged with a $2.75 million settlement, the largest in the California Consumer Privacy Act’s history, it did so with a specific, pointed message: if your technology can follow a consumer across every screen …
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