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Class Action Data Privacy Consumer Privacy Rights

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Federal Court Allows Privacy Related Claims to Proceed in a Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Against Motorola

In December 2024, Jonathan Gabrielli filed several claims alleging that Motorola Mobility LLC (Motorola) misrepresented its data usage policy and shared his personal data with third parties, including Google, Amazon, and...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

What a 1988 Statute Signals in the New England Patriots’ Privacy Class Action Settlement

The 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VVPA) prohibits the disclosure of VHS rental history; now, in a recent class action where the VPPA was invoked by the plaintiffs, the parties’ voluntary settlement signals developments...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Ninth Circuit Judge Questions Continued Viability of Internet Wiretapping Claims

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

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Northern District of California Underscores Futility of Certain CIPA “Trap and Trace” Class Actions

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The Northern District of California recently dismissed, with prejudice, a purported class action against Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (Royal Caribbean), alleging a violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA)...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Pixel Litigation Risk at Financial Institutions

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An increasingly aggressive plaintiffs’ bar has brought purported class action suits based on the nearly ubiquitous use of tracking technologies used for website analytics. Although any actual harm to the plaintiffs is...more

Fisher Phillips

California Proposal to Curb Website Cookie Litigation Stalls for This Year: What 3 Things Should Your Business Do?

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A California bill aimed at curbing the explosion of lawsuits filed against businesses using common website tools like cookies, pixels, and session replay software has stalled out in the 2025 legislative session, meaning your...more

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Illinois Federal Court Dismisses BIPA Claim Against Hyundai Over Driver Monitoring Technology

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A federal court in Illinois has dismissed a class action suit filed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), finding that Hyundai did not “collect, capture, or otherwise obtain” biometric data by use of...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

California limits certification, revealing challenges for litigating privacy cases

In the recent high-profile civil class action, Frasco v. Flo Health, a California federal court issued a significant ruling partially certifying a nationwide class and California subclass of individuals who used the Flo...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Liability Beyond Borders: Court expands scope of California privacy litigation

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a pivotal ruling that is likely to reshape privacy litigation for e-commerce platforms. In Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., the Court held that Shopify, despite being...more

Bennett Jones LLP

BC Court Finds No Identifiable Class in Mall-Directory Camera Privacy Class Action

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In Cleaver v The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, 2025 BCSC 910, the BC Supreme Court refused to certify a class proceeding alleging privacy breaches of biometric data, concluding that the plaintiffs had failed to...more

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Federal Judge Denies CIPA Lawsuit’s Class Certification: 5 Key Takeaways for Businesses

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In a significant decision for privacy class action litigation, a federal judge in California recently denied the certification of a proposed class action involving claims under the state’s invasion of privacy law. The May 29...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

When Satire Meets Statute: The Onion’s VPPA Class Action

Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action lawsuits have been on the rise, and the owner of the The Onion, a popular satire site, finds itself the subject of a recent one. On May 16, 2025, a plaintiff-initiated...more

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Second Circuit Rules on Scope of VPPA Protection

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On May 1, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its decision in Solomon v. Flipps Media, Inc., affirming the dismissal of a putative class action alleging violations of the Video Privacy...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Janie & Jack’s Alleged CIPA Violations Consolidated, Thus Avoiding Over 2,000 Individual Arbitration Claims

This week, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of children’s clothing retailer Janie & Jack, which sought to enjoin over 2,400 individual arbitration claims resulting from alleged...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Second Circuit Sets Precedent Limiting VPPA in Facebook Pixel Cases

Over the past several years, class action litigants have flooded federal dockets with Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) cases against companies that embed Facebook’s Pixel tool on their websites. The plaintiffs have...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Show Me the Money: B.C. Court of Appeal Affirms Privacy Breach Damages Without Proof of Consequential Loss

On April 23, 2025, in Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Ari, the British Columbia Court of Appeal affirmed a class action judgment awarding aggregate damages of C$15,000 per class member without proof of...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Tips to Reduce Risk of Exposure to UID2 Class Actions

Businesses need to remain vigilant regarding recent developments in consumer-based data privacy class actions. In recent weeks, the plaintiff class action bar has filed several lawsuits against The Trade Desk Inc. related to...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

CIPA and CCPA – Worlds Are Colliding!

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

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Courts Reject Theoretical Privacy Violations Due to Lack of Standing

Courts across the country are becoming skeptical of data breach and web tracking claims that assert theoretical privacy violations without alleging any actual injury to the plaintiffs. Recent decisions underscore that courts...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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

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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Yahoo ConnectID Faces Class Action Over Email Address Tracking as Alleged Wiretap Violation

Yahoo’s ConnectID is a cookieless identity solution that allows advertisers and publishers to personalize, measure, and perform ad campaigns by leveraging first-party data and 1-to-1 consumer relationships. ConnectID uses...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

A Blockbuster Week for the VPPA—New Releases from the Sixth and Seventh Circuits

Much like Blockbuster Video rental stores (of which you might be surprised to learn there is still one remaining), the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) was quietly slipping into obsolescence with the advent of the Internet...more

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Web Trackers May Violate Privacy Statutes That Predate the Internet

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Three recent federal court cases consider whether the use of third party trackers embedded in websites can be the basis of class action lawsuits alleging violations of statutes enacted before the internet existed. These...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

CIPA Claims and GET Requests

While readers of this blog are familiar with the proliferation of California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) wiretapping claims, our readers may be less familiar with CIPA-related GET Request claims. Below, we explain what...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Skin360 App Can’t Escape Scrutiny under Illinois Biometric Law

A federal district court has denied a motion by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (JJCI) to dismiss a second amended complaint alleging it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting and storing...more

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