Key Takeaways -
- At least four courts have now held that retailers using email for marketing are not considered “communication service providers” and therefore are not subject to TUCSRA.
- At least five courts have now held...more
5/8/2025
/ Advertising ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Email ,
Marketing ,
Privacy Laws ,
Retailers ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Web Tracking
In recent months, a wave of lawsuits has swept across the nation, targeting websites for allegedly violating state wiretapping laws through their use of tracking software. Despite none of these statutes explicitly addressing...more
After years out of circulation, class-action lawsuits asserting claims under the Video Protection Privacy Act (VPPA) are now back in reruns. But early critical assessment is mixed, so it remains to be seen whether VPPA-driven...more
After a five-day trial and only an hour of deliberation, the nation’s first trial under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) ended with a bang. The jury found that the defendant, BNSF Railway Company,...more
10/18/2022
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fingerprints ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Summary Judgment ,
Written Consent
Google emerged victorious in Rivera v. Google on December 29, 2018, obtaining a win in the long-running privacy class action involving technology that allows users of the Google Photos service to organize their photos by...more
1/3/2019
/ Article III ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Google ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Photographs ,
Standing ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
In This Issue:
- TCPA Litigation And Regulatory Interpretation
- Class Certification
- Settlements
- Insurance Coverage
- Excerpt from TCPA Litigation And Regulatory...more