A Close Look at the Justice Department’s Settlement with Meta (Formerly Facebook) to Resolve Alleged Fair Housing Act Violations Arising from Meta’s Targeted Advertising System
On July 1, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $1.55 million settlement, pending court approval, with Healthline Media, LLC. This settlement is the largest penalty issued to date under the CCPA, as...more
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
The question of who qualifies as a “consumer” under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) is no longer academic. In late March and early April 2025, two federal appellate courts issued starkly conflicting rulings in Gardner...more
Introduction - Most businesses are aware of historical restrictions or limitations on selling personal information to third parties for monetary consideration....more
October has already been a busy month for the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), which has published a number of judgments on the interpretation and application of the GDPR, including five important decisions,...more
Most businesses are aware of historical restrictions or limitations on selling personal information to third parties for monetary consideration. Perhaps less familiar are recent state laws giving consumers the right to tell...more
With the first month of 2024 now behind us, it is time for organizations to start seriously considering key comprehensive state data privacy compliance obligations for 2024. In total, seven states passed data privacy laws...more
By now, it is generally known that comprehensive privacy laws include requirements to allow consumers to opt-out of the sale of the their personal information, including personal information collected through the use of...more
Before the CCPA became enforceable on July 1, 2020, much ink was spilled (or many keys were hit) about the California Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) ability to obtain civil penalties for CCPA violations. After that...more
On May 11, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) and Bill Cassidy (R-La) introduced the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act. The legislation seeks to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), 15...more
On Election Day, California voters approved a ballot measure, Proposition 24, known as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). Referred to by some as CCPA 2.0, the CPRA amends certain provisions of the paradigm...more
On August 29, 2019, the Japan Fair Trade Commission ("JFTC") published a draft of new "Guidelines Concerning Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position in Transactions between Digital Platform Operators and Consumers that...more