Alameda County CA to Ban Criminal Background Checks of Rental Tenants

Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On December 20, 2022, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors passed the Wilma Chan Fair Chance Housing Ordinance that “prohibits public and private property owners from using a criminal background check when evaluating an applicant for rental housing in unincorporated parts of the county,” LocalNewsMatters.org reports. The Ordinance…

FTC Requires Video Game Maker to Pay $520 Million for Privacy Violations

Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On December 19, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it secured agreements requiring a video game maker to pay $520 million in relief over allegations the company violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and deployed “dark patterns” to trick players into making unintentional purchases. According…

European Commission Issues Draft of New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On December 13, 2022, the European Commission issued a draft adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework which will foster trans-Atlantic data transfers between the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.) by ensuring an adequate level of protection for personal data, the Commission announced. With the…