Kathrine (Katie) Baldwin Cramer Counsel

One month after the February 22, 2024, announcement of enforcement actions against data brokers X-Mode and InMarket Media, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a complaint and proposed consent order requiring software security company Avast Limited and two subsidiaries, Avast s.r.o. and Jumpshot, Inc. (collectively, Avast), to pay $16.5 million to resolve allegations that they unfairly and deceptively sold granular, reidentifiable web browsing data for advertising purposes.

The Federal Trade Commission gave privacy lawyers a long-awaited Christmas present on December 20, 2023: its notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule. The NPRM follows a review of the COPPA Rule initiated by the FTC four years ago and the submission of over 175,000 public comments.

International, federal, and state privacy regulators highlighted their ambitious agendas at the 2023 IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C.

Since the passing of the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), several states have introduced or passed privacy and data protection legislation. In addition to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), the following state laws should be on your radar in 2019.

Beyond preparing for this year’s holiday rush, retailers around the country have started thinking about potential changes to their operations in response to California’s sweeping new consumer privacy law.

Perkins Coie was proud to be a presenting sponsor of the 21st Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Law Institute on June 1-2, 2023, at the Westin Westminster Hotel in Denver, Colorado.

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