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State Privacy Enforcement Accelerates, With California Targeting Substantive Compliance and Connecticut Bringing Its First Action

As federal privacy enforcement shows signs of slowing, states are aggressively stepping in to fill the void. On July 1, 2025, the California attorney general (AG) announced a $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media,...more

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23andMe Bankruptcy Update: How the Proceedings Highlight Best Practices for Handling and Transferring Genetic Data and Personal...

After Foley Hoag’s prior updates regarding the chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of 23andMe Holding Co and its affiliated debtors (collectively, “23andMe”), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri...more

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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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States Continue Privacy Law Enforcement Efforts

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Recent enforcement activities in California and Connecticut highlight that states are ready and willing to actively enforce their comprehensive privacy laws. These recent actions – which continue the trend of states ramping...more

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Connecticut Enacts Amendments to State’s Data Privacy Law

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On June 25, 2025, Governor Ned Lamont signed Connecticut Senate Bill 1295 into law. SB 1295 significantly amends the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) by lowering the threshold for applicability, broadening the definition...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Fragmentation of Privacy Requirements Accelerates as Four States Amend Nascent Laws

On June 25, 2025, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law a major amendment to the state’s comprehensive privacy law (CTDPA), just over three years after signing the CTDPA into law on May 10, 2022 and two years after...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

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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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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Connecticut Amends Privacy Law

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On June 11, 2025, Connecticut passed Senate Bill 01295 (SB 01295).  If signed by the governor, SB 01295 will amend the existing Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) in several important ways, with the amendments going into...more

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Connecticut Can’t Help Itself, Amends Consumer Privacy Law Again

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On June 3, 2025, the Connecticut legislature passed a bill amending the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA). The amendment introduces a variety of changes, including a broadening of the CTDPA’s applicability, changed...more

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Data for Sale

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What happens to sensitive personal information shared by consumers when the company collecting that information encounters financial distress? That exact issue is currently front and center in the Chapter 11 proceedings of...more

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23andMe and the Role of Privacy in Bankruptcy Law

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There is nothing more inherently unique and personal to an individual than his or her DNA. Unlike many other types of personal information, a person’s DNA is immutable. It can be the key to unlocking extremely sensitive...more

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State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update - May 2025 #2

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While most state legislatures are wrapping up their legislative sessions with little fanfare, Massachusetts appears to just be getting started. On May 12, 2025, the Bay State introduced the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (S...more

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FTC Commissioner Holyoak Highlights Privacy Priorities in IAPP Keynote

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IAPP’s Global Privacy Summit kicked off on April 22 with keynote remarks from Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, who highlighted her top priorities for privacy enforcement and the digital economy. ...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Follow the Breadcrumbs: Where Does Consumer Data Go as 23andMe Goes Bankrupt?

23andMe, a pioneer in the DNA testing kit industry, announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and recently asked to select an independent customer data representative regarding any sale of user data....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #438 – FTC Chairman Shares Concerns Over 23andMe Data

In the ongoing saga of the 23andMe bankruptcy, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson recently sent a letter to the Trustee overseeing the 23andMe bankruptcy proceeding stating, “As Chairman of the Federal Trade...more

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California Probe Targets Location Data Industry: 5 Steps to Keep Your Business Off the CCPA Enforcement Radar

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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #437 – 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy—What to Do If It Has Your Genetic Information

Genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and its CEO has resigned. It is seeking to sell “substantially all of its assets” through a reorganization plan that will have to be approved by...more

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State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update - March 2025 #2

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As we progress deeper into the 2025 legislative season, comprehensive privacy law proposals continue to progress through the legislative process. In the weeks since our last update, Kentucky amended its comprehensive data...more

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California attorney general investigates location data industry

On March 10, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta launched an investigation into the location data industry, issuing letters to companies that the AG alleged “appear to be in violation of the California Consumer Privacy...more

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California Privacy Protection Agency Begins Investigative Sweep into Location Data Collection under CCPA

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) the agency responsible for implementing and enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) (collectively the CCPA), protecting...more

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Courts Are Still Willing To Dismiss Data Breach Lawsuits for Lack of Standing

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In data breach litigation, courts generally find plaintiffs have standing such that their complaints may proceed past the pleading stage when it is alleged that sensitive information was impacted and there is an allegation of...more

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Session-Replay Class Action Tossed by the Eighth Circuit

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Over the last several years, litigation (often class actions) premised on the use of technology like session-replay products, web beacons, pixels, and cookies has proliferated. Typical theories include plaintiffs claiming...more

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Navigating the Digital Health Frontier: Unpacking NYHIPA’s Far-Reaching Impact on Health Data Privacy

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On January 22, the New York State Legislature passed Senate Bill S929, titled the New York Health Information Privacy Act (NYHIPA), which is poised to redefine how businesses handle health and wellness-related data in and...more

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Court of Appeal Considers the Test for CPR 19.8 Representative Actions in Prismall v Google

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The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in the case of Prismall v Google UK Ltd and DeepMind Technologies Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 1516. Finding for Google, the Court of Appeal upheld the lower Court’s decision to...more

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