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Although 2024 saw several states enact comprehensive privacy legislation, another year is nearly gone, and we still do not have a comprehensive federal privacy law to resolve the rapidly evolving patchworks of state laws. Despite the lack of comprehensive privacy legislation, privacy and cybersecurity were hot button issues across key federal agencies, such as the FTC and FCC, with significant enforcement activity throughout the year. In this edition of our Twelve Days of Data series, we highlight key developments across a few key federal agencies.

To no surprise, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was intensely focused on privacy and cybersecurity throughout 2024. We also saw important activity out of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which, among other things, issued guidance regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).Continue Reading Key Privacy and Cybersecurity Watchdogs Make Their Naughty Lists

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On April 4, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted new rules updating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (“TCPA”) requirements regarding a consumer’s ability to revoke consent to receive calls and messages (collectively “messages”). Generally speaking, the TCPA in part restricts messages sent using an automated telephone dialing system absent the organization obtaining the necessary prior consent from the consumer. Importantly, the rules (1) further clarify the ways in which a consumer may revoke consent; (2) require that organizations honor requests within a reasonable time; and (3) clarify the process by which organizations can confirm the scope of a consumer’s request to revoke consent to receive further messages. We unpack these key developments in more detail below.Continue Reading FCC Provides Long-Awaited Clarification on Revocation of Consent