Website operators secured another win in the protracted battle over third-party website cookies last week when a California state court held that these common tech features were not “trap and trace” devices and therefore a...more
8/6/2025
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CIPA ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cookies ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Dismissals ,
Leave to Amend ,
Privacy Disclosures ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
Businesses just received some good news when a federal court dismissed a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) claim that aimed to expand the reach of the state’s wiretapping law to cover internet communications. The...more
4/23/2025
/ California ,
CIPA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cookies ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Dismissals ,
Eavesdropping ,
Electronic Communications ,
Internet ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Privacy Policy ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Summary Judgment ,
Third-Party ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
In a big win for businesses, a California federal court just held that a “tester” plaintiff – someone who visits websites for purposes of initiating litigation – cannot bring a claim under the California Invasion of Privacy...more
4/16/2025
/ CIPA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cookies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Internet ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Privacy Policy ,
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party Liability ,
Web Tracking ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind decision, a California federal court just granted class certification in a wiretapping claim brought against a website operator that used third-party technology to track users’...more
12/19/2024
/ CIPA ,
Class Certification ,
Cookies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Personal Information ,
Web Tracking ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping