Meeting Minutes / Summaries

Here is the summary from the September 9th monthly membership call:

1. The Marketplace Industry Association became a member of the ISO TC324 for the Sharing Economy. In this role, we will represent the US and work with 16 other member countries to help shape rules and best practices for the sharing economy. If anyone would like to participate as a member of the Association, please reach out.

2. The FTC released its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security” on August 11, 2022, and there is a virtual public forum on September 8, 2022, at which I will apply to speak (it’s first-come, first served). We are a part of the TechNet United for Privacy campaign and have been part of that coalition from the beginning. In essence, the FTC seeks to make rules governing the following areas (see the Perkins alert for more information):

   1. Substantive restrictions on data processing.

   2. Protections for children and teens.

   3. Restrictions on personalized advertising.

   4. Data security.

   5. Algorithms and algorithmic discrimination.

   6. Biometric information.

3. The CA Age Appropriate Design Code Act (AB 2273) recently passed CA legislature and awaits Gov Newsom’s signature; if signed, goes into effect July 1, 2024. The law is targeted at online services that are likely to be accessed by children (consumers under 18). The legislation clarifies "likely to be accessed" as reasonable to expect that children would access based on:

   1. whether the service is directed to children

   2. whether the service is routinely accessed by a significant number of children

   3. whether the service has design elements that are of interest to children (eg, cartoons and music).

   4. Here are some articles on this:

      1. Eric Goldman Op-Ed

      2. NY Times

      3. Guardian

      4. CNBC

      5. Politico

4. Just a heads up - Sephora was the target of the first CCPA action by CA Attorney General, which resulted in a $1.2M settlement for their violations of the CCPA.

5. Membership Recruitment email - I am asking each member to forward a drafted email and MIA infographic to three other marketplaces to encourage them to learn more about the Association and join. I will be following up after the call with the infographic, the updated spreadsheet, and template language.

6. Logged in version demo. Unfortunately, there was a computer update last night which changed the privacy settings and I wasn’t able to do a live demo of the logged in functionality of our site. You can see a recorded demo here.

7. Finally, all members received their invoice for annual dues for the 2022 - 2023 fiscal year (July 1 - June 30). Please let me know if you would like me to resend the invoice.