Calvin Cohen

Aug 3, 2023 | mondaq.com | Kids' Privacy |Janis Claire Kestenbaum |Calvin Cohen |Evan Davis

For the first time since 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been asked to approve a new "verifiable parental consent" (VPC) method under the Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule. Under COPPA, operators of online sites and services "directed to children" under 13 must obtain VPC before collecting personal information from a child online.

Aug 1, 2023 | lexblog.com | Janis Claire Kestenbaum |Calvin Cohen |Evan Davis

For the first time since 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been asked to approve a new “verifiable parental consent” (VPC) method under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule. Under COPPA, operators of online sites and services “directed to children” under 13 must obtain VPC before collecting personal information from a child online.

Feb 23, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Debra R. Bernard |Calvin Cohen |Sara Davey

The Illinois Supreme Court recently opened the floodgates for class actions under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and created potentially catastrophic exposure for Illinois businesses. In a close 4-3 ruling, the landmark decision in Latrina Cothron v. White Castle System Inc. holds that every individual scan or transmission of biometric data made without the proper disclosures amounts to a separate violation of BIPA.