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The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 15: TAKE IT DOWN: Online Abuse and Harassment with Carrie Goldberg of C.A. Goldberg, PLLC
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The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 14: The Pig Around the Corner: Privacy and Trade with Constantine Karbaliotis of nNovation LLP
State AG Pulse | Massive Google Settlement Shows AGs Serious About Privacy
State AGs Unite: New Privacy Task Force Signals Shift in Regulatory Power Dynamics — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Business Better Podcast Episode: Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation – Privacy and Data Security
A Blueprint for Efficient SRRs: Mastering Your Subject Rights Workflow
Weathering the 2025 Whirlwind: How to Keep Calm & Carry On
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 10: 2025 Privacy Predictions: Hold My Beer, 2024
2025 Privacy Law Preview: Be Prepared
The American Privacy Right Act (APRA) explained
Will the U.S. Have a GDPR? With Rachael Ormiston of Osano
[Webinar] Midyear Data Privacy Check-in: Trends & Key Updates
Decoding Privacy Laws: Insights for Small to Mid-Sized Businesses — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Navigating State Privacy Laws
[Webinar] AI and Data Privacy: Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Opportunity
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An increasingly aggressive plaintiffs’ bar has brought purported class action suits based on the nearly ubiquitous use of tracking technologies used for website analytics. Although any actual harm to the plaintiffs is...more
On 10 June 2025, the new statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy came into force as part of a suite of privacy reforms passed last year, substantially enhancing privacy protections and signalling a material shift in...more
While readers of this blog are familiar with the proliferation of California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) wiretapping claims, our readers may be less familiar with CIPA-related GET Request claims. Below, we explain what...more
On February 10, 2025, the first class action complaint was filed under Washington state’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”), over a year after the law was passed. See Maxwell v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al., Case No. 2:25-cv-261...more
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
Last week, a class action was filed against NewsBank, Inc., a Florida-based news database company, related to a 2024 breach of employee personal information. NewsBank provides a database of archived news publications...more
Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continues to drive a wave of privacy-related litigation across the United States, though a 2024 amendment to the act—the first since BIPA’s enactment in 2008—may slow the...more
On February 10, 2025, a class action lawsuit was filed against an online retailer under the Washington My Health My Data (MHMD) Act’s private right of action. The complaint also alleges violations of federal wiretapping and...more
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
It is hard to believe that we are starting the 25th year of the 21st century. The rapid evolution that technology, privacy and data security have undergone these last 25 years is mindbending. Yet, as we enter 2025, it still...more
Claims involving the alleged collection and use of consumer data continued to drive trends in privacy class actions and mass arbitrations in 2024. Biometrics Litigation - The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more
How should multiple claimants seek compensation for alleged data misuse? It had originally been thought that the answer might be a representative action; an “opt-out” procedure enabling a single claimant to bring proceedings...more
On January 8, 2025, the second highest court of the European Union (EU), the General Court of the Court of Justice of the EU (the Court), ordered (in Bindl v European Commission, Case T-354/22) the European Commission (EC) to...more
Keypoint: Courts reject personal jurisdiction arguments and suggest the Shopify decision will be overturned; Courts continue to show differing approaches to VPPA claims at the pleading stage with a large VPPA class action...more
A federal judge in the Northern District of California delivered a blow to a potential class action lawsuit against Google over its ad auction practices. The lawsuit, which allegedly involved tens of millions of Google...more
Privacy has been recognized as a fundamental right in our country, and the violation of this right can have profound implications. In an era dominated by technology and constant connectivity, concerns about invasion of...more
Perkins Coie's Privacy & Security practice maintains this comprehensive chart of state laws regarding security breach notification. The chart is for informational purposes only and is intended as an aid in understanding each...more
There are numerous cybersecurity regulations and requirements for businesses to worry about but they may not be considering their cybersecurity regulations under privacy statutes. California was at the forefront of privacy...more
Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more
Regulations governing the use of AI technologies are constantly evolving in countries around the world. A class action is currently underway in California against Microsoft and OpenAI. The action alleges various violations of...more
2022 continued to be positive for institutional clients involved in privacy breach class actions, with the Ontario Court of Appeal refusing to expand the tort of intrusion upon seclusion to impose liability on institutions...more
This presentation will discuss the recent surge in class actions challenging companies’ practices for collecting, sharing, and storing consumer data, including claims arising under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...more
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), enacted in 2008, was one of the first state laws to address commercial collection of biometric data. Biometric data includes an iris scan, a fingerprint, a voiceprint,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In 2022, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals revived a class action lawsuit asserting violations of the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (“WESCA”). The lawsuit alleged that an...more
The Latest Trends and Developments in the Class Actions World - Labor & Employment- Labor and Employment class actions involving contractors are on the rise in California, especially in its $50-plus billion per annum...more