Monthly Archives: May 2019

Happy Birthday, GDPR!

Dear GDPR,

Before you were born, you already attracted a lot of attention, after all, not everyone is born over two years after they are conceived and has 28 parents!  And your parents had to ‎resist an enormous pressure from people who predicted that once you were born, you would be a nightmare. Well, now that you have been in this world for one year,… More

Consumers and Senators Urge FTC to Investigate New Child-Focused, Voice-Activated Device

On May 9, 2019, a coalition of consumer groups submitted a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) regarding Amazon’s Echo Dot Kids Edition, arguing that the device runs afoul of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”).  The Echo Dot Kids Edition is a child-focused version of Amazon’s popular voice-activated smart speaker device that utilizes Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant.… More