Liisa M. Thomas

1 week ago | mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Snehal Desai |James O'Reilly

Listen to this postThe Michigan Attorney General has filed a complaint against Roku, a popular TVcontent platform, alleging, among other things, violations of the Children's Online Privacy ProtectionAct and the Video Privacy Protection Act (and a similar Michigan law). As most are aware, COPPArequires prior parental consent before collecting information fromchildren online. It gives standing to both the FTC and tostates' attorneys general, but no private right of action.

1 week ago | mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |James O'Reilly

Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with over 1,000 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927, companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the US, the firm’s clients include more than half of the Fortune 100.

1 week ago | jdsupra.com | Liisa M. Thomas

[co-author: James O'Reilly*]Montana recently revised its to address neural data. The law went into effect in 2023, and applies to both entities that offer genetic testing services as well as entities that use genetic data. Under the current law, covered entities must provide notice and also have choice obligations. This includes getting consent about collection, use and sharing of genetic data. Covered entities must include specific content in the consent request.

1 week ago | jdsupra.com | Snehal Desai |Liisa M. Thomas

[co-author: James O'Reilly*]The Michigan Attorney General has filed a complaint against Roku, a popular TV content platform, alleging, among other things, violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the Video Privacy Protection Act (and a similar Michigan law). As most are aware, COPPA requires prior parental consent before collecting information from children online. It gives standing to both the FTC and to states’ attorneys general, but no private right of action.

1 week ago | natlawreview.com | Liisa M. Thomas

The Michigan Attorney General has filed a complaint against Roku, a popular TV content platform, alleging, among other things, violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the Video Privacy Protection Act (and a similar Michigan law). As most are aware, COPPA requires prior parental consent before collecting information from children online. It gives standing to both the FTC and to states’ attorneys general, but no private right of action.