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While the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) weighs the constitutionality of New Jersey State’s Daniel’s Law, a West Virginia federal court recently opined on the constitutionality of its...more
Biometric technologies—such as fingerprint scanners, facial recognition systems, and retina scans—are now commonplace in modern business operations....more
Last month, Lendify Associates LLC (“Defendant”) was sued in the Central District Court of California for allegedly violating the internal Do Not Call (or “DNC”) list compliance requirements of the Telephone Consumer...more
Our readers may recall our prior pieces in which we discussed a New Jersey State privacy law, colloquially known as Daniel’s Law. As our readers know, many of the defendants in these Daniel’s Law lawsuits challenged the...more
The Irish Supreme Court, on 24 July 2025, issued a landmark decision offering greater clarity on non-material damages in the context of privacy claims under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The judgment in...more
On remand, the District Court held that individual questions predominated regarding whether individuals incurred reasonable expenses or spent time in mitigation of fraudulent charges or data posting, and denied class...more
On June 27, 2025, the District Court for the Middle District of Florida, on remand from the Eleventh Circuit, reversed course when it denied class certification to a group of plaintiffs who were purportedly impacted by a...more
Readers of this blog are not strangers to Daniel’s Law lawsuits filed by Atlas Data Privacy Corporation (“Atlas”). While waiting for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals to decide whether Daniel’s Law is constitutional, a New...more
Le 23 avril 2025, dans l’affaire Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Ari (décision disponible uniquement en anglais), la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CACB ») a confirmé une décision de première...more
The past year has introduced some uncertainty for institutional defendants facing privacy breach class actions in Canada. While Ontario’s Court of Appeal has been consistent in its approach to class actions against “database...more
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
A Durham County class action asks whether “My Chart,” a widely used portal that medical providers use to communicate with patients about test results, conditions, and treatments should more aptly be labeled “Our Chart.”...more
In a major change to a law that produced extraordinarily high damages claims and settlements, the Illinois General Assembly amended the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) to substantially reduce potential liability for...more
Plaintiffs' attorneys recently have filed a series of lawsuits in New Jersey, seeking damages based on alleged violations of Daniel's Law (N.J. Stat. § 56:8-166.1). The suits allege that various website operators have...more
One of the main risks that a company faces after a data breach is a potential lawsuit. Plaintiffs often will allege creative statutory and common law theories of harm after they learn that their personal information has been...more
Advertising and privacy. In 2024, it’s hard to talk about one without the other. Almost like peanut butter and jelly. A recent case from the Federal Trade Commission is an important reminder about the privacy and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In February 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a landmark opinion in Cothron v. White Castle finding that claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) accrue each time a private...more
Theft of personal information does not by itself entitle the victim to damages in Canada; proof of loss or harm is required, the Alberta Court of Appeal held recently in Setoguchi v Uber BV. This, and other recent decisions,...more
The second wave of “Bill 64” amendments to Québec’s private-sector privacy legislation – the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (“PPIPS”) – will take effect on September 22, 2023. In...more
California federal Judge William Alsup dismissed various claims against Mint Mobile LLC based on a data breach that exposed personal information of Mint customers. Plaintiff Daniel Fraser alleged that Mint, a mobile virtual...more
In this day in age, data breaches are common. Digital extortionists will use sophisticated techniques to obtain confidential and private information of millions of individuals from well-known platforms like Yahoo and Shopify....more
Private citizens have a right to remove significant falsehoods from the public record. The law of defamation clearly allows for retractions and damage payments if provable lies are published....more
Keypoint: There were a number of notable developments this week: the Washington Privacy Act passed out of a house committee after adding a private right of action, there was more movement on the Florida and Connecticut bills,...more
Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 2 (February 2020) - A ruling from Georgia’s highest state court could set a precedent that determines recourse for victims of cyberattacks. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled in late December...more
New York continued its active legislative session last week, this time by expanding its data breach notification law. The SHIELD Act (Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security), signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on July...more