Earlier this month, the Board of the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “CPPA”) announced an enforcement action against clothing retailer Todd Snyder for non-compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”). The findings resulted in an approximately $350,000 fine and a requirement that the company modify its CCPA compliance […]
Publications
Children’s Privacy Moves to the Federal Level
We’ve covered the efforts of Utah to update its privacy laws that protect children and now these updates may be coming at the federal level. Senator Mike Lee of Utah and Representative John James of Michigan have introduced identical bills in the Senate and House, respectively, which also mirror Utah’s […]
Enforcement: On the Horizon
On Wednesday, April 23, while attending the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025, we had the opportunity to hear Stevie DeGroff, First Assistant Attorney General, Technology and Privacy Protection Unit at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, Kristen Hilton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Privacy and Data Security of the Oregon Department of Justice, […]
Scrutiny on Anticompetitive Laws and Regulations
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an “Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force”. The mission of this Task Force is to identify and eliminate anticompetitive state and federal laws and regulations that undermine free market competition. The creation of the Task Force follows an executive order issued by President Trump whereby […]
FDIC and Federal Reserve Fine Discover Bank over Misclassification of Credit Card Transactions
On April 18, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Federal Reserve”) each announced a consent order against Discover and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, “Discover”) in connection with Discover’s categorization of consumer credit cards for interchange purposes. In particular, each […]

