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Second Circuit 'Shuts the Door' on Meta Pixel VPPA Claims

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has repeatedly affirmed dismissals of putative class actions brought under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) based on the use of third-party tracking technologies. The...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Privacy Class Action Against Facebook Not Certified on Appeal: Divisional Court Reinforces Need for “Some Basis in Fact” for Class...

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In Simpson v. Facebook, Inc., the Ontario Divisional Court upheld the dismissal of the plaintiff’s certification motion against Facebook in a proposed class action alleging that the personal data of Canadian Facebook users...more

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Facebook to Pay $90 Million to Settle Data Privacy Lawsuit

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Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed to settle one of the longest-running data privacy lawsuits in the country for $90 million. This dispute, originally filed in 2012 in a total of 21 related cases, alleged that Facebook...more

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Recent Updates In Personal Data Regulation In Russia

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THE SUPREME COURT CONFIRMED THAT RUSSIAN USERS MAY FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST AN AMERICAN SOCIAL NETWORK TO A RUSSIAN COURT - The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation reviewed a case initiated by a number of Internet users...more

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Court Allows Company to Surreptitiously Monitor Former Employee’s Social Media Account to Support its Trade Secrets Claim

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A federal court of appeals recently found that there was nothing wrong with a company monitoring a departed employee’s Facebook account and using that information to pursue a trade secrets claim against four former employees....more

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Think Your “Private” Posts are Private? In New York, “Private” Facebook Posts are No Longer Protected from Discovery

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In a recent unanimous decision, Forman v. Henkin, the New York Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, removed the heightened requirement set by the lower courts for a party requesting the production of social media posts...more

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