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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
Advertising Opt Outs Drive New Privacy Strategies in 2025
Cybersecurity Law Report quotes Daniel M. Goldberg in an article on how the advertising industry is facing greater scrutiny from state AGs as more people opt out of targeted ads. The report covers Google’s backtracking on plans to block third-parties’ tracking cookies amidst adtech’s adoption of cookieless personal identifiers; upcoming legal decisions; and compliance areas that adtech should consider in the coming year. View article. (Behind paywall. Contact author Matt Fleischer-Black for complimentary PDF.)
December 18 2024
The Biggest Copyright Decisions of 2024
Law360 quotes Jacqueline Charlesworth on the Hachette Book Group Inc. v. Internet Archive lawsuit, in which the Second Circuit affirmed a Manhattan federal judge’s ruling that a nonprofit’s scanning books to a create e-books was not fair use. (Behind paywall) View Article
December 17 2024
Deciphering the New CPPA Proposed Regulations for Data Brokers
Cybersecurity Law Report quotes Daniel M. Goldberg on the CPPA's proposed regulations that expand upon and clarify key provisions of the Delete Act, broadening the universe of what entities constitute a data broker. (Behind paywall) View Article
December 12 2024