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New Jersey officials recently released proposed privacy regulations that would create several new compliance obligations for businesses above and beyond what existing state law and many other state laws require, meaning you...more
Websites are ubiquitous, and so are cookies and tracking pixels (a/k/a web beacons). A web browser uses cookies to store login details and preferences; the cookies also track and profile user behavior. When visiting a...more
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
Most employers are prepared for new laws at the start of each year – but did you know that a heap of new workplace laws take effect at the halfway point? Here’s your employer cheat sheet to prepare for July 1 effective dates…...more
Amazon and Starbucks notched a decisive win in the fast-evolving world of biometric privacy litigation, securing the full dismissal of a proposed class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington....more
A new wave of state consumer privacy laws focused on limiting data collection is creating anxiety among businesses—and Maryland is leading the charge. The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), set to take effect in...more
In a significant enforcement move, California’s consumer privacy regulator just ordered a national clothing retailer to pay a $345,178 fine to resolve alleged violations of the state’s privacy law. The California Privacy...more
The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) has made it abundantly clear: privacy compliance isn’t just about publishing the right disclosures – it’s about whether your systems actually work. On May 6, the agency fined...more
On May 6, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued a decision requiring national clothing retailer Todd Snyder, Inc. to change its business practices and pay a $345,178 administrative fine....more
New California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Regs are here, with comments open until June 2. There are a lot of issues to address, and a lot of work for companies to implement. We are talking about billions of dollars in...more
Keypoint: In its second non-data broker enforcement action for violations of the CCPA, the California Privacy Protection Agency entered into a stipulated final order with a retailer for a $345,178 administrative fine and...more
In a prior alert, we predicted an uptick in class action complaints brought under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) alleging that modern website analytical tools such as pixels, cookies and session replay software...more
On April 2, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss in Lakes et al. v. Ubisoft, Inc. In Lakes, Among other eavesdropping claims, Plaintiffs alleged...more
In late March, an online retailer successfully asserted consent as a complete defense to a putative Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act of 1978 (WESCA) class action lawsuit, resulting in the...more
On February 10, 2025, the first class action complaint was filed pursuant to Washington’s MY Health MY Data Act (“MHMDA”), Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 19.373.005 et seq. See Maxwell v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al., Case No. 2:25-cv-261...more
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
A California federal district court recently granted class certification in a lawsuit against a financial services company. The case involves allegations that the company’s website used third-party technology to track users’...more
In a major development for all businesses handling health data, New York lawmakers passed a sweeping health data privacy bill Wednesday that could have far-ranging consequences across the country. S929, also known as the New...more
On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a press release confirming that it has finalized changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule). These changes will set new requirements...more
The Colorado attorney general’s office just adopted significant updates to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) rules, which will soon introduce new obligations related to biometric data, employee biometrics, children’s privacy,...more
Website owners often struggle to design privacy policies that are not only comprehensive, but also comprehensible. The tension between these competing concerns was in sharp focus in a recent Ninth Circuit decision, Calhoun v....more
This post is part of a series of articles we are doing on 2023 data protection litigation trends. Since its enactment in 2008, Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has produced a wave of privacy-related...more
Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, proposes new legislation that will significantly impact the Canadian privacy law landscape. The omnibus bill – which is a second reiteration of the former Bill C-11 (which...more
Just in time for the holidays, the FTC has released two companion settlements resolving allegations that Epic Games (maker of the popular video game Fortnite) violated the Children’s Online Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On November 30, 2022, the Illinois Second District Appellate Court reversed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in Defendant’s favor in a case entitled Mora v. J&M Plating, Inc. The lawsuit was...more