Bipasana Sakya Joshee Counsel

In the education space, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an enforcement order against edtech company Edmodo, who it alleged to have violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Edmodo, a business-to-consumer (B2C) online learning platform, provides K-12 teachers with tools to connect with students and parents, such as virtual classroom spaces.

On April 27, 2023, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1155, also known as the My Health, My Data Act. Its stated purpose is to protect “consumer health data” collected by entities not already subject to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, but one less obvious consequence of the Act is that it may make Washington state a new hot spot for class-action litigation involving biometric privacy.

Online shopping has come a long way in providing consumers with a vision of how products might look on them.

Washington state has joined the growing ranks of states considering data privacy legislation in the wake of the European General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

This Privacy for Retail roundtable discusses the new California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and its impact on the retail industry.