Tracy Marshall

Jan 18, 2025 | openlegalblogarchive.org | Sheila A. Millar |Tracy Marshall

After a process that began back in 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) unanimously approved a revised Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule or Rule) on January 16, 2025. The Rule was based on comments responding to the FTC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued January 11, 2024. This is the first revision to the COPPA Rule since 2013.

Oct 16, 2024 | lexology.com | Sheila A. Millar |Tracy Marshall

On October 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced its final “click-to-cancel” rule, expanding its prior rules on negative options to include all types of subscription sales. A central element of the rule is a requirement that sellers make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up, meaning offering the so-called “click-to-cancel” mechanism.

Dec 20, 2023 | lexblog.com | Sheila A. Millar |Tracy Marshall |Peter Craddock |Liam Fulling

Peter Craddock helps companies innovate and use data better in the European Union (EU) and worldwide by providing strategic advice and legal assistance in the areas of privacy, data protection, data governance, AI governance, cybersecurity, e-commerce, digitalization, and software contracting.

Dec 20, 2023 | lexology.com | Sheila A. Millar |Tracy Marshall |Peter Craddock |Liam Fulling

As the federal government continues to wrestle with the complex issue of regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the wake of the release of President Biden’s Executive Order, states have already proposed or enacted AI regulation, and even more will attempt to tackle the issue in 2024. Two recent developments in AI regulation from California and New Hampshire highlight different approaches states are taking in the absence of federal preemption.