California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Websites, Data Privacy

The Next Battlefront: the CCPA and evolution of website pixel litigation

Hogan Lovells on 7/29/2025

A trio of federal court decisions has emboldened the plaintiffs' bar with a new potential tool to wield in the ongoing wave of litigation targeting businesses for their use of routine website technologies: the California...more

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

OOPS! What Website Owners Need to Know about Opt-Out Preference Signals + 4 Compliance Steps

Fisher Phillips on 7/28/2025

Businesses should be aware of recent public outreach in California – and other states with consumer privacy laws – signaling that increased enforcement activity is on the horizon. For instance, the California Privacy...more

Web Filtering: What Employers Need to Know

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/28/2025

Employers are increasingly monitoring and filtering the web browsing habits of employees. The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) recently released new guidance (for public comment) on how...more

Ninth Circuit Judge Questions Continued Viability of Internet Wiretapping Claims

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP on 7/15/2025

Readers of this blog may recall a piece in which we discussed an unfavorable Ninth Circuit California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) internet wiretapping decision. Interestingly, the Ninth Circuit recently weighed in again...more

California AG Reaches Record $1.55M CCPA Settlement with Healthline

Polsinelli on 7/11/2025

The California Attorney General (AG) has announced a landmark $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media LLC (Healthline), which operates a health information website. The settlement marks the largest fine to date in an...more

Cookies in the Cross-Hairs: Enforcement Continues

BCLP on 7/11/2025

In April of this year, the California Privacy Protection Agency imposed a $632,500.00 monetary penalty on American Honda Motor Co. In our discussion of that action - Are Cookies Banners Crumbling? – we raised the alarm for...more

California AG Reaches Landmark $1.55 Million CCPA Settlement with Healthline Over Alleged Privacy Violations

CDF Labor Law LLP on 7/9/2025

On July 1, 2025, the California Attorney General’s (AG) Office announced a record-setting $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media, a prominent provider of health and wellness information and operator of Healthline.com...more

Healthline to Pay $1.55M for Alleged CCPA Violations: Key Lessons for Businesses from Largest Settlement Yet

Fisher Phillips on 7/8/2025

Healthline Media has agreed to pay $1.55 million to resolve allegations that it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – which is the largest settlement to date under the state’s landmark privacy law. The...more

Tracking Technology Trouble: Shah v. Capital One Deepens Legal Risk Under CCPA and CIPA

Benesch on 5/2/2025

In Shah v. Capital One Financial Corporation, the Northern District of California handed down a ruling that may shape the trajectory of litigation involving tracking technologies, online privacy policies, and California’s...more

Video Game Developer’s Website Privacy Policy Disclosure and Cookie Banner Consent Defeat Wiretap Class Action

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/18/2025

Video game developer Ubisoft, Inc. came out on top earlier this month in the Northern District of California when a judge dismissed, with prejudice, a class action claiming that the company’s use of third-party website pixels...more

District Court Rulings Could Signal Expansion of California Consumer Privacy Right of Action

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/17/2025

In two recent rulings, judges in the U.S. Northern District of California have allowed proposed class actions under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to proceed without an allegation of a data breach, departing from...more

Is Your Business Trapped? The Rise of “Trap and Trace” Litigation

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/21/2025

Almost every business has a website; every website should have a privacy policy, terms of use, and, in some cases, a consumer privacy rights notice—if certain state consumer privacy rights laws apply to your business, such as...more

U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: January 2025

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/18/2025

Welcome to the twentieth installment in our monthly data privacy litigation report. We prepare these reports to provide updates on how courts in the United States have handled emerging data privacy trends. After our expansive...more

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity in 2025: Website Tracking

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/27/2025

Following our recent client alert, learn more about enforcement targeting website tracking technologies and the impact on organizations in 2025. Elliot Golding and David Saunders share further insights from working with...more

AI & Privacy Laws are Changing Fast - Are Your Websites, Mobile Apps and Contracts Keeping Up?

Lathrop GPM on 1/27/2025

The new year serves as a reminder that – at least annually – businesses of all sizes should review their websites, applications and other data-related resources to ensure that they are up to date. Scheduling a regular cadence...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

Do Dark Patterns Lurk on Your Website? 4 Steps Businesses Should Take as Regulators Focus on How Privacy Rights Are Presented on...

Fisher Phillips on 9/10/2024

Businesses with a website beware: California regulators just warned that the law prohibits your website from making website users jump through hoops or otherwise confusing them as they try to exercise their privacy rights,...more

Disclosure of Data Through Website Cookies May Be a Data Breach – What A Recent Court Ruling Means for Healthcare Businesses

Fisher Phillips on 8/14/2024

A California federal court recently ruled that disclosure of certain data collected through website cookies that may qualify as health information could trigger a data breach under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) –...more

No Money, Mo’ Problems: DoorDash CCPA Enforcement Action Emphasizes Personal Information “Sales” Aren’t All About the Benjamins

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 3/13/2024

The California Attorney General (“AG”) recently delivered (pun very much intended) a public CCPA enforcement action against DoorDash, its second following the 2022 settlement with Sephora. The DoorDash action stems from a...more

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