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Round Two for Snapchat: Agreement with the Maryland Attorney General Settling Claims of Consumer Deception and COPPA Violations

Posted By Cynthia Larose on Posted in Children, Privacy Regulation

Written by Julia Siripurapu, CIPP Just a little over a month after settling charges of false promises of disappearing user messages (among other things) with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), mobile app developer Snapchat, Inc. (“Snapchat” or “Company”) announced (blog post) that on June 12th  the Company entered into an agreement with the Office of… Continue Reading

“Selfie” Assessment – 4 Key Lessons from Snapchat’s Settlement with the FTC

Posted By Cynthia Larose on Posted in Data Breach, Federal Trade Commission, Privacy Regulation

Written by Jake Romero, CIPP/US As a country we are quickly approaching a time in which most adults will be disqualified from being elected to public office because of something they posted on their social media account while growing up.  Against this backdrop of over-sharing, Snapchat, Inc. won over the hearts of its users with… Continue Reading