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Connecticut AG Settles Claims Over Deficient Privacy Notice: 6 Key Lessons for Businesses that Collect and Use Consumer Data

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While website privacy notices are now commonplace – and consumers might only skim them – a recent settlement highlights the importance of staying vigilant about complying with applicable consumer privacy laws. The Connecticut...more

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Ninth Circuit Expands Specific Jurisdiction in E-Commerce: What Briskin v. Shopify Means for Online Businesses

The Ninth Circuit sitting en banc has greatly expanded the reach of personal jurisdiction by holding that e-commerce companies can be sued in any state where their platforms interact with users, even without differential...more

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Courts Reject Theoretical Privacy Violations Due to Lack of Standing

Courts across the country are becoming skeptical of data breach and web tracking claims that assert theoretical privacy violations without alleging any actual injury to the plaintiffs. Recent decisions underscore that courts...more

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U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: January 2025

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Welcome to the twentieth installment in our monthly data privacy litigation report. We prepare these reports to provide updates on how courts in the United States have handled emerging data privacy trends. After our expansive...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

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The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – November 2024

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Publications & Advisories - November 2024 – Kathleen Benway, Jennifer Everett, Alysa Austin, and Kristen Bartolotta published “Federal Trade Commission’s Updated Health Breach Notification Rule Is Now in Effect” in Employee...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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Privacy Briefs: May 2024

Kaiser Permanente is notifying 13.4 million current and former members that their personal information may have been compromised when it was transmitted to tech giants Google, Microsoft Bing and X (formerly Twitter) when...more

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California Trap & Trace Class Actions on the Rise in the Age of Website Trackers

Future LLC, a magazine and website publisher and owner of the TechRadar.com website, faces allegations that it collected website visitors’ IP addresses without consent in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act...more

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Colorado (Officially) Joins the Data Privacy Fray: Colorado Privacy Act Signed into Law

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Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act last week, making Colorado the third state to implement broad consumer data privacy protections. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), which Governor Polis signed on...more

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The CCPA Is Live for Enforcement—Is Your Website in Compliance?

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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—the most comprehensive personal data privacy legislation anywhere in the United States so far—is officially being enforced. Is your website in compliance? Does it need to be? What...more

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Alleged Privacy Law Violations Create Potential $5 Billion Issue For Google

In a proposed class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Google is facing a potential $5 billion class action for alleged privacy law violations. The complaint alleges that...more

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Florida’s Legislature to Consider Consumer Data Privacy Bill Akin to California’s CCPA

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Florida lawmakers have proposed data privacy legislation that, if adopted, would impose significant new obligations on companies offering a website or online service to Florida residents, including allowing consumers to “opt...more

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What concerns do website owners have with the IAB’s final CCPA Do Not Sell Framework?

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The Interactive Advertising Bureau (“IAB”) is a trade association comprised of companies that participate in digital marketing. Its members include both media companies and advertising technology (“adTech”) companies.  In...more

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InfoTrax Systems Settles FTC Allegations It Failed to Safeguard Consumer Data

InfoTrax Systems, a Utah-based technology company, has agreed to implement a comprehensive data security program to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company failed to put in place reasonable security...more

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Interactive Council Newsletter: Privacy Report: FTC Revisits COPPA

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Equifax to Pay up to $700 Million as Part of Settlement for 2017 Data Breach - Equifax has agreed to pay at least $575 million, and potentially up to $700 million, as part of a global settlement with the FTC, the CFPB, and...more

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Privacy and Cybersecurity State Law Tracker: Nevada Consumer Privacy Law

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With relatively minimal fanfare, Nevada passed Senate Bill 220 (SB-220), making it the second state to offer consumers the ability to opt out of the sale of their personal information. SB-220 is narrower than California’s...more

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US Data Breach and Privacy 2019 Legislative Recap

A few weeks ago, Texas signed into law an amendment to its data breach law, capping off a busy first half of 2019 for state lawmakers in this arena. As we gear up for the second half of 2019, we thought a recap was...more

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Retailers Should Consider Potential Rewards and Risks of Using APIs

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Application programming interfaces, or “APIs,” have become a critical part of ecommerce, and retailers are increasingly finding new and creative ways to use APIs to enhance their offerings and their business. For example,...more

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