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If your business operates a website or provides online services that collect data about children, you should be aware of expanding legal requirements from U.S. states regulating how private companies interact with minors....more
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
In what appears to be an emerging privacy litigation trend, plaintiffs’ attorneys have recently filed a series of putative class action lawsuits targeting data companies in possession of cellular telephone numbers. The...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
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
Keypoint: In this post: (1) The Ninth Circuit holds essentially any website can be sued in California; (2) two courts limit pen registry claims; (3) courts split on whether privacy policies establish consent for wiretapping...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
On February 25, 2025, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington issued a cautionary decision for all businesses that employ “Refer a Friend” promotions. In Jensen v. Capital One Financial Corp.,...more
Keypoint: Last week, the Virginia legislature passed a VCDPA amendment, kid’s privacy bills crossed chambers in South Carolina and Utah, and lawmakers continued to introduce new bills on various topics. Below is the seventh...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
Keypoint: Last week saw a flurry of activity across numerous states, including bills advancing in Virginia, Oklahoma, Washington, Utah, and South Carolina, while lawmakers continued to introduce bills across the country. ...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
On Friday, January 24, 2025, just one business day before it was to take effect on January 27, the Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) One-to-One Consent Rule that was adopted as an...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
On December 6, 2024, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office notified the public that it adopted the updated Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) Rules, as a follow-up to the amendments to the CPA made earlier in the year (collectively,...more
2024 saw strong interest in M&A involving companies that use or develop AI offerings. The rise of AI has brought new issues for dealmakers. In particular, 2024 also saw regulators focusing further on the collection and use of...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
Keypoint: The attorney general’s office modified the Colorado Privacy Act Rules to create a process for issuing opinion letters and interpretative guidance and to address the biometric and children’s privacy amendments passed...more
Recent decisions by the French data protection authority (CNIL) have highlighted the importance of GDPR compliance, particularly in the areas of data retention, consent for processing sensitive personal data, and marketing...more