Although the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) lawsuit train shows no signs of slowing down, a California federal judge recently derailed a CIPA email tracking lawsuit when it dismissed claims mirroring those...more
8/4/2025
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CIPA ,
Class Action ,
Data Privacy ,
Electronic Communications ,
Email ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Privacy Policy ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Telecommunications ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking
On May 9, 2025 New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act (the “Act”) into law. This is the first time that a state jurisdiction has mandated use of certain disclosures if consumer data has...more
8/1/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Marketing ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Personal Data ,
Private Right of Action ,
Product Pricing ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Our readers may recall our prior pieces in which we discussed a New Jersey State privacy law, colloquially known as Daniel’s Law. As our readers know, many of the defendants in these Daniel’s Law lawsuits challenged the...more
7/28/2025
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Attorney's Fees ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Covered Person ,
Damages ,
Data Privacy ,
Litigation Strategies ,
New Jersey ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws
Readers of this blog are not strangers to Daniel’s Law lawsuits filed by Atlas Data Privacy Corporation (“Atlas”). While waiting for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to decide whether Daniel’s Law is constitutional, a New...more
7/3/2025
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Constitutional Challenges ,
Damages ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
New Jersey ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws
Readers of this blog are aware of the barrage of California Invasion of Privacy (“CIPA”) claims brought against online companies. Recently, an unfavorable decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (“Ninth Circuit”)...more
6/25/2025
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California ,
CIPA ,
Class Action ,
Data Privacy ,
Notice Requirements ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
With the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) becoming more pervasive every day, it should not surprise our readers that regulators are increasingly focused on the use of AI and its associated consumer data privacy...more
6/18/2025
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Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
New Jersey ,
New Regulations ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Privacy Laws
Readers may recall prior pieces in which we discussed a pair of law firms responsible for bringing California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) arbitration demands against online businesses. These CIPA arbitration demands...more
5/30/2025
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California ,
CIPA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Contract Disputes ,
Data Collection ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Websites
Topics that we often discuss on this blog are the use of third-party tracking tools and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). Less discussed of late, however, is the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) which,...more
Readers of this blog know about the never-ending barrage of consumer privacy litigation commenced against online companies in connection with their collection of consumer data. Several of these cases have recently been filed...more
Our readers may recall a prior piece in which we discussed a New Jersey federal district court (“District Court”) decision denying constitutionality-related challenges to a New Jersey privacy law known as Daniel’s Law. Below,...more
An oft-discussed topic on this blog is the rise in lawsuits asserting illegal wiretapping claims against companies that use technology on their websites to track consumer interactions. Recently, a Pennsylvania federal judge...more
3/28/2025
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Cookies ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Pennsylvania ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
Our readers are well aware of the proliferation of lawsuits alleging California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) violations against companies that use third-party tracking technology to collect consumer data on their...more
1/30/2025
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Class Action ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Privacy Laws ,
Social Media ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party ,
TikTok ,
Web Tracking
Despite some favorable rulings, lawsuits alleging California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) claims against companies that use third-party tracking technology to collect consumer data on their websites show no signs of...more
1/24/2025
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CIPA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party ,
Web Tracking
Readers of this blog may recall a piece in which we discussed a New Jersey State law known as Daniel’s Law and Atlas Data Privacy Corporation (“Atlas Data”), a consumer data protection company. Shortly after Daniel’s Law was...more
12/11/2024
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Protection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Failure to Comply ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
New Jersey ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
State Privacy Laws
Readers of this blog may recall our prior piece discussing an influx of lawsuits brought by Atlas Data Privacy Corporation (“Atlas”) against various companies for violating a New Jersey State privacy regulation known as...more
On April 17, 2024, the State of Nebraska enacted the Nebraska Data Privacy Act (“NDPA”). With the passage of the NDPA, Nebraska joins the ranks of the nineteen other states that have adopted comprehensive consumer data...more
Recently, companies have found themselves defending allegations that the use of third-party pixel tracking technology on their websites violates state consumer privacy laws. Fortunately, these claims do not always survive the...more
Online marketers may be on the verge of finally obtaining a single, unified federal framework for consumer data privacy regulation. In April, a bipartisan coalition, with sponsors in both houses of Congress, introduced a...more
Last week, a bipartisan coalition in Congress introduced the American Privacy Rights Act (“APRA”), a draft federal privacy bill. The APRA represents the latest effort to create a federal consumer data privacy law after its...more
4/10/2024
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Data Breach ,
Data-Sharing ,
NPRM ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Right to Delete ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party ,
Uniformity
The latest version of the New York (“NY”) State Privacy Law (“S365B”) is continuing to make its way through the NY State Assembly. As readers of this blog know, members of the NY State Senate have been trying to get a version...more