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Proposed New Jersey Regulations Would Require Major Privacy Compliance Shifts for Businesses

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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

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Connecticut AG Settles Claims Over Deficient Privacy Notice: 6 Key Lessons for Businesses that Collect and Use Consumer Data

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While website privacy notices are now commonplace – and consumers might only skim them – a recent settlement highlights the importance of staying vigilant about complying with applicable consumer privacy laws. The Connecticut...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

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Nebraska AG Latest to Hit the Brakes on GM Data Practices

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Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers sued General Motors LLC and its subsidiary OnStar LLC (collectively, “GM”) over allegations that GM misled vehicle purchasers into enrolling in programs that collected and shared their driving data...more

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Utah Snaps at Snapchat’s Youth Safety and Data Practices

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Utah AG Derek Brown and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection jointly sued Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, facilitating child sexual exploitation and sextortion through its design features and recommendation...more

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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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Healthline to Pay $1.55M for Alleged CCPA Violations: Key Lessons for Businesses from Largest Settlement Yet

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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

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California’s Latest Dose of Enforcement Regarding Health Data

On July 1, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement with Healthline Media LLC stemming from alleged violations of the state’s consumer privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....more

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Businesses and Nonprofits: Get Ready for the New Minnesota Consumer Privacy Act

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With the Minnesota Consumer Privacy Act (MCPA), which takes effect July 31, 2025, Minnesota now joins the many other states, like California, that have passed laws granting enhanced data privacy rights to individuals. ...more

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The Ninth Circuit Briefly Speaks on CIPA Section 631

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The Ninth Circuit recently issued two back-to-back memoranda of dispositions addressing claims under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) Section 631 and the common law tort of intrusion upon seclusion. First, on...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

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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

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New Jersey Issues Draft Privacy Regulations: The New

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New Jersey recently released draft privacy regulations, and there is a lot to unpack and process. In this three-part series, I will break down the regulations - Part 1: The New Personal data: • Scraping is carved...more

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New Jersey Proposes Rules for Implementing New Jersey Data Privacy Act

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The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has released proposed rules to implement the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (NJDPA). For covered businesses, these proposed rules demand close attention—not only for their substantive...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Adtech Privacy Pain Points: Top 7 List for Effective Opt-Out Compliance

As privacy enforcement ramps up, effectively managing opt-out requirements under state privacy laws is a top risk mitigation measure. But complying with opt-outs is not just a matter of providing a consumer-facing opt-out...more

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Connecticut Enacts Significant Amendments to State’s Data Privacy Law

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On June 25, Connecticut Governor Lamont signed Senator James Maroney’s SB 1295 into law. The bill makes several notable changes to Connecticut’s existing consumer data privacy law, including modifying its applicability...more

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Big Sky State Makes Big Privacy Updates

Montana’s privacy law has received a refresh and updates will go into effect October 1, 2025 – exactly one year since the law took effect. The law was modified with SB 297, and changes include coverage, approach with minors,...more

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Employer Cheat Sheet for Workplace Laws Taking Effect July 1

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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

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: June 23, 2025

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Keypoint: Texas enacts two amendments to its data broker law while New York’s legislature passes a social media warning bill. Below is the twenty fourth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in...more

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Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (S.69)

On June 12, 2025, Governor Phil Scott signed into law S.69, the Vermont Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the “AADC” or “Vermont Kids Code”). Vermont’s AADC focuses on protecting children and ensuring that online products and...more

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Bipartisan AGs Sue to Stop 23andMe’s Sale of Consumers’ Genetic Data

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A bipartisan coalition of 28 AGs have filed a lawsuit against 23andMe Holding Co. and 23andMe, Inc. (collectively “23andMe”) to protect human genetic data collected by the company from being sold without consumers’ consent as...more

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PART 3: Data Categories and Surveillance Pricing: Ferguson’s Nuanced Approach to Privacy Innovation

As FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson establishes his enforcement priorities, his positions on data categorization and surveillance pricing reveal a consistent philosophy that balances privacy protection with innovation. This is the...more

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State-by-State Privacy Legislation Update: A Compliance Roadmap for 2025

States have been active in passing and enacting comprehensive consumer privacy laws in the absence of a federal statute. To date, 19 states have passed such laws, starting with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”),...more

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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

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