Entries by Sheri Porath Rockwell

Children’s Privacy in 2026: From Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban to a Shift Beyond Notice-and-Consent in the United States

Recent developments in children’s privacy and online safety regulation reflect a global shift away from notice-and-consent frameworks toward access restrictions, design mandates, categorical advertising prohibitions, and ecosystem-level age-assurance mechanisms. Using […]

California Privacy Protection Agency Advances Substantial Rulemaking – Cyber Audits, Risk Assessments, New Automated Decisionmaking Technologies Rights, and More

The California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) on Thursday, July 24, 2025, approved a comprehensive set of new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations that the Agency has been developing for […]