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Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Waves of Lawsuits Hit Businesses Over Website Tracking Pixels

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

Fisher Phillips

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

Maynard Nexsen

CPPA Enforcement Action Against Retailer for Failing to Monitor Cookie Consent and Requiring Excessive Verification Information...

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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

Wiley Rein LLP

Ninth Circuit Privacy Ruling Could Be Used to Expand Potential Forums for E-Commerce Lawsuits

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On Monday, April 21, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, issued an opinion in Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., __ F.4th __ (9th Cir. Apr. 21, 2025), that plaintiffs will cite to attempt to expand...more

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Businesses Get Big Privacy Win in Tester Plaintiffs’ Wiretapping Case: 3 Key Takeaways

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In a big win for businesses, a California federal court just held that a “tester” plaintiff – someone who visits websites for purposes of initiating litigation – cannot bring a claim under the California Invasion of Privacy...more

Baker Donelson

Recent Wiretapping Class Action Dismissal Offers Compliance Lessons

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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

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Tide May Be Turning in Businesses’ Favor After Key California Court Decisions in Website Tracking Cases

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Two recent court decisions have provided businesses with long-awaited clarity on the reach of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) – and could begin to redefine digital privacy litigation for the better. Two separate...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Federal Court Offers New Perspective on CIPA Interpretation

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We continue to learn more about the courts’ perspective on claims under the California Information Privacy Act (“CIPA”). Last month, in Moody v. C2 Educational Systems Inc., the U.S. District Court for the Central District of...more

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Disclosure of Data Through Website Cookies May Be a Data Breach – What A Recent Court Ruling Means for Healthcare Businesses

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A California federal court recently ruled that disclosure of certain data collected through website cookies that may qualify as health information could trigger a data breach under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) –...more

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Media Insights for In-House Counsel: Retail Media Networks

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As consumer habits evolve, new media channels emerge. Before the internet, brand media budgets were split between traditional media like print newspapers and magazines, radio, television, and out-of-home billboards....more

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Breaking News: California Can Immediately Enforce CCPA Regulations – Your 7-Step Plan for Data Privacy Compliance

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A California appeals court just pressed fast-forward and ruled that the state can immediately begin enforcing new regulations governing the state’s cornerstone data privacy law instead of waiting until late next month. This...more

McDermott Will & Emery

European Regulators Provide Some Key Clarifications on Cookie Banners

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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a draft report of the work undertaken by the Cookie Banner Taskforce (the Report). The Report describes how regulators apply cookie legislation in handling certain types of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Pet Stairs, Wiretapping, and Cookies: Implications of the Third Circuit’s Popa Opinion

The case of Popa v. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc. “began with a quest for pet stairs.” Plaintiff Ashley Popa searched Harriet Carter Gifts’ website, added pet stairs to her cart, but never completed the purchase. During her...more

Spirit Legal

[Webinar] Datenintensive Technologien und Anwendungen rechtskonform gestalten - March 25th, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm CET

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Gerade für Juristen ist Begeisterung für und ein Verständnis von Branchen, Geschäftsmodellen und Technologien – gerade vor dem Hintergrund des Datenschutzrechts und des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes – unerlässlich und...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

C Is for Cookie Lawsuit: Google Accused of Wiretap Act Violations for Collection of Web Browsing Data

A new class action against Google in federal court in San Jose, Calif., claims that Google's collection of web browsing data from individuals who have enabled "private browsing mode" violates the Federal Wiretap Act, 18...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

EUR 30,000 For A “Simple Cookie Banner”?!? – Spanish Supervisory Authority Fined For Non-Compliance

The Spanish supervisory authority agencia española protección datos (“Supervisory Authority”) has issued a fine against an airline based on their use of a cookie banner, which the Supervisory Authority considered not to be...more

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ECJ Rules Companies Using Social Plugins Are Joint Controllers

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The Situation: Fashion ID, a German online clothing retailer, embedded on its website the Facebook "Like" button. When a user consults the website of Fashion ID, that user's personal data are transmitted to Facebook Ireland....more

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EU Regulators Increase Focus on Cookie Practices

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In the absence of cookies-related guidance and enforcement by regulators against ordinary website publishers and operators, many e-commerce sites, online publishers and other website operators have taken a “wait and see”...more

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EU e-Privacy Regulation Raises Stakes for Compliance

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The European Commission's proposed e-privacy regulation sets forth obligations on handling electronic communications and clarifies obligations for seeking consent for the use of cookies. Meant to bring the e-privacy directive...more

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Trending: Facebook Fined, Breaches European Data Privacy Laws

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Facebook is yet again being tagged in a breach of data protection laws, but this time it’s ‘checking-in’ to a European court in Brussels, Belgium. A recent slew of cases, in which Facebook is the leader, hints at stricter and...more

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