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Our lawyers provide an overview of some of the most significant developments in cybersecurity and data privacy in the United States in 2022 and look ahead to trends for 2023.

Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or "Bureau") published guidance highlighting that negative option marketing practices, which include products such as subscription plans...

Five new state omnibus privacy laws take effect in 2023, with two that already kicked in on January 1. The California Privacy Rights Act CPRA effective January 1 2023, enforceable July 1 2023. Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act CDPA effective and enforceable January 1 2023.

Five new state omnibus privacy laws take effect in 2023, with two that already kicked in on January 1. The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) – effective January 1,...

The Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) has recently shed new light on a growing area in consumer protection in the digital age: “dark patterns,” which have been described as website...

Courts and the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) have not yet addressed whether and to what degree the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution may protect advertising techniques...

With the rampant use of social-media and online platforms as advertising and marketing tools, we are no strangers to the methods deployed by websites…

As new appointments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have shifted the control and priorities of the Commission, we have seen an emboldened FTC dedicated to strategically...

Risk management personnel who underwrite e-commerce merchants should have some basic understanding of the types of online merchant marketing and sales practices that are deceptive and...

Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice.