California Establishes Digital Privacy Rights Law for Minors: S.B. 568...
California Governor Brown is preparing to sign into law an unprecedented children’s online privacy bill (S.B. 568), which adds a new chapter to the State’s Business and Professions Code (BPC) to...
View ArticleUpdate: California Governor Brown Signs into Law S.B. 568, “Privacy Rights...
Today, California Governor Brown signed into law S.B. 568, establishing a new law entitled “Privacy Rights for California Minors in the Digital World,” which aims to protect the online privacy of...
View ArticlePrivacy Co-Chair Paul Martino Quoted on Nationwide Impact of New California...
On September 26, 2013, Paul Martino, co-chair of Alston and Bird’s Privacy and Security practice, was quoted in the Law360 article, “California’s Delete-Button Law Invigorates Teen Privacy Push.” In...
View ArticleUpdate: California Governor Brown Signs into Law A.B. 370, “Do Not Track...
On September 27, 2013, California Governor Brown signed into law A.B. 370, amending the California Online Protection Act (CalOPPA) to require two new privacy policy disclosures for websites and online...
View ArticlePrior Express Written Consent Now Required for Sending Marketing Messages via...
Companies that have amassed databases of consumers’ landline and mobile numbers for telemarketing purposes are left in a quandary as to whether they must obtain additional consent from consumers to...
View ArticleCalifornia Attorney General Announces Upcoming Best Practices Guidelines for...
On December 10, 2013, the Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit of the California Office of the Attorney General (CA AG) held a meeting in San Francisco for interested stakeholders to discuss best...
View ArticleAlston & Bird’s Dominique Shelton Presents Panel On Omnichannel Innovation At...
On October 1, Alston & Bird Partner Dominique Shelton and entrepreneur Maria Fernandez presented a panel on Omnichannel retailing, a marketing method that mixes physical and digital channels to...
View ArticleInMobi to Pay $950,000 to Settle FTC Charges that it Secretly Tracked Phone...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that InMobi, a Singapore-based mobile advertising company whose products are used by many Android and iOS app makers to deliver advertisements to...
View ArticleEDPB Emphasizes Joint Controllership between Social Media Providers and...
On September 7, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) published its draft guidelines on targeting of social media users (the ‘Guidelines’). The EDPB is accepting feedback from stakeholders...
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