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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Understanding Session Replay: Legal Risks and How to Mitigate Them

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In an increasingly data-driven digital landscape, businesses are constantly seeking tools to better understand and optimize user experiences. One such tool is session replay—a powerful technology that allows organizations to...more

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

DLA Piper

Italy: Marketing Privacy Consent – Is Double Opt-In Now Mandatory?

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A recent and far-reaching decision by the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) has significantly altered the rules governing marketing privacy consent in Italy, introducing a potential obligation to adopt a double...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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The New York Child Data Protection Act: What Businesses Need to Know About the Empire State’s New Teen Privacy Law

New York’s Child Data Protection Act (NYCDPA) has gone into effect, introducing sweeping new requirements for businesses that collect personal data from minors under 18. While New York has not yet joined the ranks of the...more

Cozen O'Connor

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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Retailer Todd Snyder Fined for CCPA Violations Related to Opt-Out Compliance, Vendor Management, and Data Collection

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Another month brings another California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) enforcement action, the agency's second enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....more

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Clothing Retailer Faces Big Fines for CCPA Violations: A Wake-Up Call + An Action Plan for Businesses

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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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

CPPA Underscores That Businesses Own CCPA Compliance – Even When Privacy Management Tools Fail

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The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) has made it abundantly clear: privacy compliance isn’t just about publishing the right disclosures – it’s about whether your systems actually work. On May 6, the agency fined...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Technical CCPA Violations Result in $345,178 Fine from California Privacy Protection Agency

The California Consumer Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board has issued a Stipulated Final Order against Todd Snyder, Inc., a clothing retailer, ordering Todd Snyder to pay a $345,178 fine and implement various changes to...more

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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

Husch Blackwell LLP

CPPA Announces New CCPA Enforcement Action

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Keypoint: In its second non-data broker enforcement action for violations of the CCPA, the California Privacy Protection Agency entered into a stipulated final order with a retailer for a $345,178 administrative fine and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

PART 1: “Staying in Our Lane”: Andrew Ferguson’s FTC Philosophy on Privacy Enforcement

Since Andrew Ferguson assumed the role of FTC chair in January 2025, following his year-long tenure as a commissioner, businesses have been watching closely for signals of how the agency might redirect its focus on privacy...more

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Are Cookies Banners Crumbling?

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As anyone who uses the internet can attest, cookies banners pop up on almost every type of website and offer a dizzying and often annoying array of approaches and options to consumers. It is difficult to parse through what...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Virginia’s New Sweeping Reproductive and Sexual Health Privacy Law May Affect All Companies Doing Business in the State

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Last week, on March 24, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed SB 754, which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (Act) to regulate obtaining and disclosing “reproductive or sexual health information” by any...more

White & Case LLP

Arkansas Attorney General Sues General Motors Over Alleged Deceptive Data Practices

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On February 26, 2025, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed a lawsuit against General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar (collectively, "GM"), alleging deceptive business practices related to the collection and sale of...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

California’s Proposed Location Privacy Act: A Potential Game-Changer for Tracking Location of Individuals

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Businesses that track the geolocation of individuals—whether for fleet management, sales and promotion, logistics, risk mitigation, or other reasons—should closely monitor the progress of California Assembly Bill 1355 (AB...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Just a Minor Threat: Online Safety Legislation Takes Off

The year 2025 is certain to be a watershed for social media legislation and litigation. As it continues to shape how we connect, share, and consume information, social media remains at the forefront of public discourse due to...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Do You Need Help With TCR Registration?

If you are the owner of a telemarketing business, there is a good chance that you are familiar with The Campaign Registry (“TCR”). TCR registration is essential for businesses for several reasons. Crucially, it ensures that...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

General Motors Settles With the FTC Over Unauthorized Collection and Sale of Driver Data

In the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) first action related to connected vehicle data, the agency announced that it reached a settlement with General Motors (“GM”) over GM’s unauthorized collection, use, and sale of driver...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Privacy Implications of Real-Time Bidding – Lessons From the Mobilewalla Enforcement Action

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With advances in digital technology and consumers’ insatiable appetite for “free” content, the advertising technology industry (AdTech) has played a crucial role in delivering highly personalized ad campaigns to consumers...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Texas AG Targets Allstate in First Enforcement of Texas Data Privacy and Security Act

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On January 13, 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (“Texas AG”) filed the first-ever enforcement action under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”) against insurance company Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FTC Settles Case with GM over Allegations of Collection + Use of Drivers’ Precise Geolocation

In its continued concentration on the collection and use of consumers’ precise geolocation, on January 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled with General Motors (GM) over allegations that it collected, used,...more

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Texas AG Files Complaint Against Major Insurance Company Regarding Data Practices

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The Texas Office of the Attorney General recently has become increasingly interested in the practices of organizations who collect and utilize consumer data. On January 13, 2025, the Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton,...more

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Texas AG Brings First Ever Lawsuit Under a State Comprehensive Privacy Law

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On January 13, 2025, the Texas Attorney General (AG) announced a lawsuit against insurance company Allstate, and its subsidiary, Arity, for allegedly collecting, using and selling the geolocation and movement of Texan...more

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