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April 14th, 2023
Data Privacy Roundup
Privacy & Data Security Chair Daniel M. Goldberg is quoted in the "Data and Privacy Roundup" published by AdExchanger. The article discusses the recent phenomenon where US companies have reimplemented cookie banners and consent pop-ups on their websites in an attempt to protect themselves from privacy lawsuits. In addition to being damaging to the user experience, website pop-ups and cookie banners have not proven to be an effective privacy strategy. Daniel is quoted saying, “These banners are regularly repackaged and marketed by consent management platforms as US privacy-complaint.”
Daniel adds, “Companies that deploy cookie banners may believe that they have satisfied ‘Do Not Sell’ and other opt-out obligations under US law when they actually have not.”
Read the full article here.
Other Quoted
New California Law Requires Sellers To Warn That Digital ‘Purchases’ Might Vanish
MediaPost quotes Jeffrey A. Greenbaum on California Governor Gavin Newsom's newly signed bill that will prohibit sellers from advertising digital material with the words “buy” or “purchase,” unless the sellers also disclose that they can revoke access at any time. View Article
September 27 2024
More and More Artists Want Trump to Stop Using Their Music. They Face a Costly Fight
NPR quotes Jacqueline Charlesworth on the music lawsuits against Donald Trump, following White Stripes' becoming the latest band to sue Trump for unauthorized use of copyrighted material in his campaign to become president. She notes the sheer volume of complaints against Trump for his music selections may be a record. Ms. Charlesworth also distinguishes claims of transformative use from just using music to promote a campaign. View Article
September 17 2024
SEC Is Coming After OpenSea—These Are the NFTs That Could Be in Trouble
Decrypt quotes Jeremy S. Goldman on how far-reaching the SEC's push into the NFT market might become following the SEC's anticipated lawsuit against NFT marketplace, OpenSeas. View Article
September 9 2024
