Zoe Wood Associate

The latest additions to the patchwork of state and federal regulations with which businesses offering subscriptions must comply are a new Kentucky law governing subscriptions offered in that state and the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed amendments to its “Negative Option Rule.”

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.

As digital media continues to supplant physical media, e-commerce sites offering digital content have experienced unprecedented growth.