California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Web Tracking, Advertising

Healthline Proposed Settlement Informs Businesses of What Not to Do

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/29/2025

On July 1, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta announced a significant proposed settlement with Healthline Media LLC (Healthline) — a prominent website publisher of health information and wellness articles. The...more

California AG Secures Landmark Privacy Settlement Over Tracking: What It Means for Your Website

Baker Donelson on 7/8/2025

In a record-setting enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Attorney General (AG) announced a $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media, a popular online publisher of health...more

CCPA Class Actions Without a Data Breach; Courts Signal a New Litigation Frontier.

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 5/1/2025

Two recent decisions from the Northern District of California—Shah v. Capital One Financial Corp., No. 24-cv-05985-TLT, 2025 WL 714252 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 3, 2025), and M.G. v. Therapymatch, Inc., No. 23-cv-04422-AMO, 2024 WL...more

Year in Review: 2024 Web Tracking Litigation and Enforcement

WilmerHale on 2/26/2025

In 2024, plaintiffs across the United States filed various class action cases related to web tracking technology employed by companies to enhance user experience on their websites and to improve the efficacy of their...more

DSIR Deeper Dive - The Worst Cookie Recipe

BakerHostetler on 12/18/2024

Countless hours are being spent categorizing cookies and other tracking technologies to work with consent management platforms, part of a purpose-built industry aiming to help companies deal with the increasingly complex and...more

The Cookies that May Bite Back

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/26/2024

Would you like some milk with those website cookies? We know the common privacy joke. However, website cookies and online tracking technologies (collectively, “cookies”) are increasingly no joking manner as they can create...more

What Real Estate Businesses Need to Know About Using Website Tracking Technologies

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/26/2024

Real estate businesses frequently operate multiple websites. These may include corporate websites, websites for each of their properties, and websites for their apps and ancillary service offerings. To maximize the...more

AD-ttorneys@law - February 2022

BakerHostetler on 2/3/2022

Washington State Debates Personal Data Protections - Will the Evergreen State join Colorado and Cali and flick the data off-switch?...more

IAB Launches CCPA Benchmark Survey

BakerHostetler on 8/28/2020

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), a leading advertising industry organization, has launched a CCPA Benchmark Survey to assess how companies across the digital advertising ecosystem are approaching CCPA compliance. The...more

Google Provides Restricted Data Processing Setting to Comply with CCPA

ArentFox Schiff on 12/30/2019

This plan does not take responsibility away from businesses, but provides a way for companies to ensure they are not “selling” data to Google. The definition of “selling” under the CCPA is quite broad and would entail...more

"Retail Rap" – Analysis of Business and Legal Trends in the Industry: November 2019

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/21/2019

Welcome to our latest edition of Retail Rap. From influencer marketing to launching a startup and ensuring digital advertising complies with the latest regulations, retail issues are making news—and presenting legal...more

Avoiding the California Privacy and Security Litigation Tsunami: CCPA FAQ: Can a company be sued under the CCPA for using...

BCLP on 2/28/2019

Many companies, such as online retailers and social media websites, participate in “behavioral advertising.” To participate in the network, the company places code on its website that permits a third party (the behavioral...more

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