CPSC Consumer Alert: Caregivers urged to use restraints with inclined sleep products
May 31, 2018, cpsc.gov
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is reminding parents: Always create a safe sleep environment for babies in a crib, bassinet, play yard or inclined sleeper.
CPSC is alerting consumers to be aware of hazards when infants are not restrained in inclined sleep products. CPSC is aware of infant deaths associated with inclined sleep products. Babies have died after rolling over in these sleep products.
CPSC Urging… It’s Hurricane Season: You have the power to be heard (with video)
May 31, 2018, cpsc.gov
June 1 marks the start of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, and meteorologists have forecast it to be an active one. This means powerful storms and hurricanes are likely to hit the region hard, affecting millions of Americans. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants to remind everyone that you have the power to prepare. Don’t sacrifice safety, before or after the storm.
Parent Center Network Emerged A Leading Website for Children’s Toys Reviews
June 1, 2018, Digital Journal
In this era, it requires an effort to take care of kids and satisfying their need. Parents always look out for some guidance to take care of new-born babies and kids. Focused on this, Parent Center Network has launched a new website to provide suggestions for all these problems. The website also focuses on blog sharing some of the most popular parental items and gift ideas for babies, kids right up to teens.
Most Ed-Tech Products Don’t Meet Minimum Criteria in Their Privacy Policies, Report Finds
May 29, 2018, Education Week
A study by Common Sense finds that only 10 percent of the more than 100 ed-tech applications and services evaluated by the organization met minimum criteria for transparency and quality in their privacy policies. The research uncovered what Common Sense called “a widespread lack of transparency, as well as inconsistent privacy and security practices” in its three-year review of how student information is collected, used, and disclosed on some of the most popular applications and services in education technology.
Legislation Regulating Warning Labels on Children’s Talc Cosmetic Products Pending in House
May 31, 2018, Harris Martin Publishing
Legislation aimed at increasing labels on children’s cosmetic products to include a warning on the potential inclusion of asbestos in the talc is currently pending in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) introduced the legislation, entitled the “Children’s Product Warning Label Act of 2018.”
Toxic chemicals found in children’s tents, tunnels, and chairs
May 30, 2018, KXLY.com
The Washington Department of Ecology found flame retardant chemicals in twenty percent of children’s play tents, tunnels, and chairs that it tested. The flame retardants found include two chemicals, TDCPP and TCEP, that were banned under Washington’s Children’s Safe Products Act in 2017 in 17 of the 85 items tested. The products tested were purchased before the ban.
Who else wasn’t at the EPA chemical meeting? The victims
May 26, 2017, CNN
Journalists weren’t the only ones shut out from the Environmental Protection Agency’s conference this week on chemically contaminated drinking water. Many victims of water polluted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances were also left out and are struggling to get clear answers about the dangers to their communities. The EPA’s PFAS National Leadership Summit landed in the spotlight, in part, because the agency blocked some reporters from covering a speech by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. After an Associated Press reporter was physically shoved out of the building, the EPA allowed reporters to attend about four hours of the two-day conference.
Following a cyber attack, IoT device manufacturers, data controllers, and sellers could face liability under the EU’s Product Liability Directive and the GDPR
May 23, 2018, JDSupra (Hogan Lovells)
Advancements in technology may provide consumers with a continuous stream of upgraded products, but they’re also proving that current security and privacy regulations fall short within the Internet of Things (IoT). New devices with unprecedented capabilities are challenging traditional beliefs about liability and consumer protections. In an environment of ever-changing regulations, how do device manufacturers reduce liability risks?
New CCC Marking Regulations in China
May 31, 2018, In Compliance
China is the second biggest economy in the world. The strong economic growth of the last decades has lead the country to develop its own quality standardization system. In 2002, the China Compulsory Certification (CCC) was established, a system which is comparable but not identical in terms of standards and requirements to the European Union’s (EU’s) CE mark or the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) declaration of conformity in the U.S.
Five ways companies can become nimble
May 17, 2018, Knowledge at Wharton
Companies like Digital Equipment Corp. and Ericsson were once considered leaders in their industries, and thus likely to stay on top. But they failed because they lacked the ability to think and act differently from their pre-conditioned ways. They either did not anticipate imminent technology changes or did not have the flexibility to respond to disruption. Others, like electronics and home appliances maker Haier of China, have retained the nimbleness of their startup days.
China Reforms its IP Administrative System with the Creation of a New Super Administration
June 1, 2018, National Law Review (Squire Patton Boggs US LLP)
As part of larger institutional reorganization schemes, the Chinese government has recently issued a draft statute for the reform of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO). SIPO, until now an agency subordinated to the executive branch (i.e. the State Council), will be organized under a newly created super agency in charge of IP and product quality and safety. Among the goals of the reform are administrative simplification and increased efficiency in handling IP related matters, as well as the improved protection of the intellectual property rights of foreign entities and individuals in China.
