Ninth Circuit Revives Children’s Privacy Class Action Against Google

U.S. Sues TikTok for Significant Child Privacy Violations

August 8, 2024

This week the Department of Justice sued TikTok for “flagrantly violating” the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA Rule”), and a FTC Consent Order from 2019 as a result of previous COPPA and FTC Act violations.

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EPIC Applauds FTC’s Modernization of COPPA Rule, Recommends Improvements to Curb Behavioral Advertising and Protect Privacy for Children Online

March 12, 2024

In comments filed yesterday with the FTC, EPIC applauded the Commission’s efforts to modernize the COPPA Rule and introduced several recommendations to improve the efficacy of the proposed changes to the Rule.

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FTC Proposes Rules to Strengthen Children’s Privacy Law

December 21, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission released a notice of proposed rulemaking this week introducing major changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule.

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FTC Announces $25 Million Fine Against Amazon for Kids Privacy Violations

May 31, 2023

Today the Federal Trade Commission announced a major enforcement action against Amazon, moving to fine the tech and retail giant $25 million and requiring updated data deletion practices.

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