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On September 20, 2022, an adviser to the EU’s top court opined that competition authorities may consider a company’s compliance with the EU’s data protection rules as part of an abuse of dominance investigation.
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Continue Reading EU Court Opinion: Competition Authorities May Consider Data Protection Breaches in Their InvestigationsOn October 31, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a complaint and proposed consent order against Chegg, an edtech company, over its security practices that resulted in four security breaches in three years. The…
Continue Reading FTC Settles Allegations of Data Security Failures with Edtech Company CheggOn October 27, 2022, the Digital Services Act (DSA) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, sweeping in a new era in the regulation of digital services. (See Wilson Sonsini’s DSA…
Continue Reading European Union Adopts Flagship Digital Services ActOn October 19, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a virtual event to explore the concept of “blurred” advertising in digital media and its impact on children. As the FTC is considering updates to…
Continue Reading FTC Holds Event on Digital Marketing and Blurred Advertising’s Impact on ChildrenOn October 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed consent order against Drizly and its CEO, James Cory Rellas, over the online alcohol marketplace company’s data breach incident in 2020, which exposed…
Continue Reading FTC Announces Settlement with Drizly; Complaint Names CEO in His Individual CapacityOn October 10, 2022, the Colorado Secretary of State published draft rules for the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA) in the Colorado Register, thus initiating a public comment period that will run through February 1, 2023.…
Continue Reading Colorado Attorney General Issues Draft Rules for the Colorado Privacy Act