Recent Rulings Could Signal Expansion of California Consumer Privacy Right of Action -
Judges in two separate cases in the U.S. Northern District of California (“N.D. Cal.”) recently ruled that class actions brought by...more
5/2/2025
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Class Action ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
New Legislation ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws ,
UK
English High Court Rules that "Relatively High" Consent to Cookies and Profiling is Required Where Individual is Vulnerable -
In a dispute between an individual claimant who was a recovering gambling addict and two...more
2/28/2025
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Compliance ,
Consent ,
Cookies ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
Gambling ,
OECD ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
UK
X Agrees to Stop Processing EU Data to Train its Grok AI -
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) recently filed an urgent High Court application against X (formerly Twitter) for using the personal data of European...more
9/13/2024
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Fines ,
Ireland ,
Liability ,
Personal Data ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Twitter ,
Uber
European Parliament Approves EU AI Act -
On March 13, 2024, the European Parliament approved the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“AI Act”). A first of its kind legal framework for AI, the AI Act has extraterritorial effect,...more
3/29/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Consent ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
European Parliament ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Popular ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Strategic Planning ,
Transparency
The California legislature recently adjourned its 2022 session without extending several exemptions from the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). As a result, due to the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)...more
11/21/2022
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California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement ,
Expiration Date ,
Financial Institutions ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Personal Information ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
US Federal Appellate Court Issues Opinion on Proof of Injury in Data Breach Cases -
On September 2, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated a class action lawsuit that had previously been dismissed...more
9/30/2022
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Advisory Opinions ,
Appellate Courts ,
Automation Systems ,
Breach of Confidence ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Duty ,
Breach of Implied Contract ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fraud ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Identity Theft ,
Negligence ,
Popular ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Request For Information ,
Risk Assessment ,
Surveillance ,
UK
Less than two months after the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA” or “Agency”) formally took over rulemaking for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act...more
6/8/2022
/ California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Policy Drafting ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda