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Ninth Circuit Reshapes Personal Jurisdiction Standards for E-Commerce Platforms in Briskin v. Shopify

In a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit in Briskin, the court ruled that e-commerce platform Shopify purposefully directed its conduct toward California because of its nationwide operations, rejecting the need for...more

New-Aged Automakers Beware: CPPA’s Enforcement Action Against Honda Results in the Agency’s First Settlement

CPPA launched its first major enforcement action in targeting connected vehicle-maker Honda. Connected vehicles often collect various kinds of sensitive driver information, including geolocation, biometric and behavioral...more

The PowerSchool Breach: A Privacy Lesson on Third-Party Risk Exposure

Key Takeaways: On December 28, 2024, education technology company PowerSchool disclosed a cybersecurity breach impacting 62 million students and 9.5 million educators across the globe. The intrusion, which began on December...more

Proskauer on Privacy: 2024 Reflections & 2025 Predictions

2024 marked another significant year for privacy law, with new state legislation and high-stakes litigation reshaping the landscape. Legal battles over tracking technologies, biometric data, and children’s privacy...more

My Health, My Dollar: Amazon’s Health Data Troubles in Washington

Amazon faces allegations of unauthorized data collection in violation of federal and state privacy laws, including a first-of-its-kind claim under Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”). The MHMDA restricts businesses...more

Now Trending: The TikTok Dox

Plaintiffs are persistently crafting creative legal theories to target tracking technologies. One new approach is to characterize tracking technologies as “pen registers” or “trap and trace devices” used in violation of...more

Same Song, Different Tune: Plaintiffs’ Bar Adds the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act to its Privacy Repertoire

Repurposing old laws to challenge new technologies has become the new normal in the privacy space. Plaintiffs continue to bring a kaleidoscope of privacy claims against companies in the tech age, reviving laws like the...more

Privacy Class Action Spotlight: Surge of Privacy Class Actions in Arizona Targeting Email Pixel Tracking

There has been a recent surge of privacy class action lawsuits under the Arizona Telephone, Utility, and Communication Service Records Act targeting the use of common email marketing analytics technologies. Defendants are...more

From Skinware to Spyware: L’Occitane’s CIPA War Against the Plaintiffs’ Bar

While French skincare company L’Occitane (the “Company”) successfully thwarted a mass arbitration effort by plaintiffs’ firm Zimmerman Reed and approximately 3,000 customers (the “Claimants”), the Southern District of...more

Big Tech, Biometrics and BIPA: Meta’s Recent $68.5M Class Action Settlement

In July, Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) agreed to a $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement in connection with the company’s alleged violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information...more

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