Life With GDPR: Cookie Compliance
Universal Consent: Building Beyond Cookie Consent
Data Dividend: What is Personal Data Worth?
Privacy Litigation Trends: Meta Pixels, Cookie Opt-Out, and Sale of Data
Data Revolution: How U.S. Privacy Laws Change the Way Data Should be Managed by Retail and Tech Industries
Fashion Counsel: Privacy in the Retail Fashion Industry
E8: Interview with Cookiebot CEO on Technical Solutions to GDPR Readiness
On September 9, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, together with the California Privacy Protection Agency and the Attorneys General of Colorado and Connecticut, announced a joint enforcement sweep targeting...more
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is now in its second year with full enforcement powers and has begun to exercise its authority under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in significant ways in 2025. With...more
Recent regulatory actions and court decisions highlight growing uncertainty over whether sharing article title data from webpages amounts to disclosure of sensitive health information under privacy laws....more
In an era of escalating data breaches, organizations must be vigilant in protecting consumer information. A comprehensive federal data privacy law would streamline compliance efforts, but Congress has yet to pass one, leaving...more
With so much data flying around, it’s more essential than ever that personal information remain private. To help make sure of this, there are a growing number of regulations aimed at personal data protection—like the GDPR and...more
You never think about breathing air. Most of the time, you’re not consciously moving your legs as you walk. You don’t have to remind yourself to blink every few seconds. For modern businesses, that’s what processing personal...more
On May 1, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued a Final Order in one of its first public enforcement actions under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), imposing a fine of nearly $350,000 on the...more
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
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
The California attorney general’s (AG) July 1, 2025, proposed settlement with Healthline Media LLC (Healthline) marks the third cookie-related California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) settlement in as many months (alongside 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
Trends and areas of focus under U.S. state data protection laws emerge as U.S. states with data protection laws in place increase enforcement actions and coordination....more
California Senate Bill 690 (SB 690), introduced by Senator Anna Caballero, is continuing to proceed through the California state legislative process. The proposed bill would amend the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA)...more
In a recent decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has construed the private right of action provision under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) broadly, which increases business risk...more
On March 3, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a significant ruling that has the potential to broaden the risk of liability under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). ...more
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
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
A new California investigative sweep into the location data industry focuses on whether businesses have violated state law relating to the consumers’ right to limit how their personal information – including their geolocation...more
A major vehicle automaker will have to change its business practices and pay a hefty fine to resolve claims that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), according to the state regulatory authority...more
Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) settled its first non-data broker enforcement action against American Honda Motor Co. for a $632,500 fine and the implementation of certain remedial actions....more
On March 12, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published its decision approving a Stipulated Final Order (Order) against a major automotive manufacturer (company) for violations of the California Consumer...more
On March 12, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced a settlement with American Honda Motor Co. (Honda) over alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CPPA investigated...more
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued a settlement order on March 12, 2025, with an vehicle manufacturer regarding its investigation of its privacy practices, where it agreed to a $632,500 settlement for 150...more
On March 12, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced a settlement with American Honda Motor Co., resolving allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and requiring...more
Privacy litigation has taken California (and the country) by storm. In the past twenty-four months, the focus of privacy litigation has shifted from data breaches to data use, and the number of class actions filed grows by...more