Susan Lyon-Hintze

10/24/2017

Update on COPPA kids policy re voice assisted tech from our newest member https://hintzelaw.com/plm-blog/2017/10/23/ftc-issues-enforcement-policy-statement-on-coppa-and-voice-recordings

03/22/2016

Wow. More exciting news. Congrats to Liz Denham. http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/story.html?id=11801641&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

B.C.’s Information and Privacy Commissioner has been hired by the United Kingdom.

03/22/2016

Best of luck to Julie Brill! Thank you for your service advancing consumer privacy.

For Release March 22, 2016 Tags: Commissioners Competition Consumer Protection Julie Brill, who has served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission since April 2010, will resign her position at the end of this month. “Commissioner Brill has been an unwavering advocate for consumers and comp…

03/12/2016

Big gun privacy panel. How the Big Tech Firms Protect Privacy Keith Enright, Erin Egan, Mike Hintze

03/10/2016

FCC proposes privacy rules for broadband Internet service providers.

The rules call for broadband providers to disclose how data about users’ online browsing may be collected and for better security of such data.

03/01/2016

EU-U.S. Shield adequacy decision and annexes tl;dr? Check out the Hintze Law post summarizing what you need to know.

On February 29, 2016, the European Commission issued a draft “adequacy decision” introducing the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (“Privacy Shield”). The Privacy Shield replaces the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor

02/29/2016

European Commission releases EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
https://t.co/RTzaapy5wY

European Commission - Press Release details page - European Commission - Press release Brussels, 29 February 2016 The European Commission today issued the legal texts that will put in place the EU-U.S. The European Commission today issued the legal texts that will put in place the EU-U.S. Privacy Sh…

02/03/2016

Latest Hintze Law blog post on the agreement formerly known as Safe Harbor via Carolyn Krol.
New EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Deal Announced http://www.privacylawmatters.com/plm-blog/2016/2/2/new-eu-us-safe-harbor-deal-announced

On February 2, 2016, representatives of the European Commission and the United States agreed on a new framework for transatlantic data flows, referred to as the “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.” This long awaited announcement follows the October 6, 2015, decision by the EU Court of Justice invalidating the…

02/02/2016

Agreement reached on Safe Harbor II! Video clips of announcement here: https://lnkd.in/bm-V6dF

12/18/2015

Two app developers will pay a combined $360,000 in civil penalties as part of settlements with the Federal Trade Commission over charges they violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, Rule.

These cases are the first in which the FTC alleged that companies allowed advertisers to use persistent identifiers to serve advertising to children. Persistent identifiers – pieces of data that are tied to a particular user or device – were among the categories added to the COPPA Rule’s definition of personal information when it was updated in 2013.
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/12/two-app-developers-settle-ftc-charges-they-violated-childrens?utm_source=govdelivery

Companies’ Apps Shared Kids’ Information with Ad Networks; Will Pay $360K In Civil Penalties For Release December 17, 2015 Tags: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Technology Mobile Bureau of Consumer Protection Consumer Protection Privacy and Security Children's Privacy Two app develo…

12/18/2015

"According to the FTC, LifeLock violated several terms of its previous agreement. First, the agency said, its security system was not up to the task of protecting users' sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, credit card information and bank account numbers. Second, the complaint said that LifeLock falsely advertised that its systems were protected using the same technology as financial institutions.

The agency added that LifeLock also made false claims about an alert feature that promised to let customers know immediately if they may be a victim of identity theft. Finally, the complaint also says that LifeLock did not abide by the record-keeping agreements it said it would in the 2010 order."

A record settlement for a company that may have not done the basic work it promised consumers.