In the latest example of privacy laws being stretched to fit new digital technologies, plaintiffs have begun to file a flurry of suits alleging that retailers are using pen register and trap-and-trace software to illegally...more
2/1/2024
/ Cookies ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Electronic Communications ,
Internet Retailers ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Laws ,
Retail Tracking ,
Retailers ,
SaaS ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Technology ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
In the latest example of privacy laws being stretched to fit new digital technologies, plaintiffs have begun to file a flurry of suits alleging that retailers are using “pen register” and “trap and trace” software to...more
1/29/2024
/ Data Collection ,
E-Commerce ,
Electronic Communications ,
Internet Retailers ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Privacy Laws ,
Retailers ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Software ,
Statutory Violations ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking
Google has agreed to pay a whopping $155M to resolve a government investigation and a class action lawsuit stemming from its use of location data, including claims that it stored and collected consumers’ location-related...more
10/11/2023
/ Advertising ,
Amended Complaints ,
Behavioral Advertising ,
Case Consolidation ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Storage ,
Dismissals ,
E-Commerce ,
False Advertising ,
Google ,
Government Investigations ,
Intrusion Upon Seclusion ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Location Data ,
Opt-Outs ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Right to Privacy ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Constitutions ,
Stipulated Judgment ,
Unfair Competition Law (UCL) ,
Unjust Enrichment