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The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) has released initial guidance explaining how its Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising apply to the cross-device environment.

Drip pricing is now a top priority for regulators, who have made clear that adding exorbitant fees on checkout is a deceptive ‘dark pattern. This will not be the last time that a merchant is challenged over their use...

California is poised to enact a one-stop global deletion request option that all "data brokers" operating in the State would be required to follow. The "Delete Act" would amend certain aspects...

Among the myriad of privacy issues on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s agenda, children's privacy has long been front and center. It was therefore no surprise to see the FTC address...

The enforcement actions discussed in the Report provide valuable insight into the FTC's priorities with respect to privacy and data security in 2018.

The Federal Trade Commission secured a $35 million settlement with travel booking app Hopper Inc. over allegations of deceptive hidden fees, including pre-selected charges for tips and VIP support that were concealed below the booking interface. Internal documents reportedly showed company awareness that these practices were "tricking users," with the FTC alleging Hopper collected approximately $85.6 million through these questionable fee structures between 2021 and 2023.

It's back to school time, and there's so much noise about a student loan crisis that there's a need to corral all the noisemakers and to gain an understanding of what's actually going on

When the Illinois court ruled on the motion to dismiss on this question of preemption in 2017, the court looked to the Second Circuit's decision in

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) new rule governing joint employer liability for wage and hour violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act,,,

The legal issues raised by the lawsuit, however, will certainly continue well into the new year – and beyond.

For the past decade, the FTC has been bringing administrative actions under the Act against companies with allegedly deficient data security practices that failed to protect consumer data against hackers...

The Colorado Attorney General's Office released proposed revised rules (Revised Rules) governing the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) at the end of last year.

Following in the footsteps of California, Virginia and Colorado, Utah has become the fourth state in the United States to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law.

Going forward, it looks like crypto companies that make it in New York will be able to make it anywhere. All over, at the state and federal level and internationally, turmoil in the crypto...

The EU's decision has struck at the heart of the ad tech industry's system designed to ensure compliance with the GDPR when personal data is collected for retargeting.

The European Commission's Data Protection Directive requires that countries to which the personal data of EU residents are transferred maintain adequate standards for data protection.

Recreational marijuana has been legalized in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota, as ballot initiatives legalizing marijuana have passed in all four states.