Keypoint: In this post: (1) The Ninth Circuit holds essentially any website can be sued in California; (2) two courts limit pen registry claims; (3) courts split on whether privacy policies establish consent for wiretapping...more
5/7/2025
/ Appeals ,
California ,
Consent ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Privacy Laws ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
Keypoint: In this post: (1) California considers a “commercial exception” to wiretapping and pen registry laws; (2) a rise in federal wiretapping claims against websites; (3) more courts impose “knowledge or intent”...more
4/15/2025
/ California ,
CIPA ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
ECPA ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
VPPA ,
Wiretapping
Keypoint: In this post: (1) How a privacy policy can defeat a plaintiff’s “delayed discovery” argument; (2) Two CA state courts reject plaintiffs’ allegations concerning personal jurisdiction; (3) Three courts dismiss PR/TT...more
3/11/2025
/ California ,
CIPA ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Discovery ,
Personal Information ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Social Media ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Web Tracking
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
2/18/2025
/ California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
CIPA ,
Class Action ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party ,
VPPA ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
Welcome to the nineteenth 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. We are covering...more
1/7/2025
/ Arbitration ,
Article III ,
CIPA ,
Data Privacy ,
Facebook ,
Google ,
IP Addresses ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Privacy Legislation ,
Privacy Policy ,
Social Media ,
Summary Judgment ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Terms of Use ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
URLs ,
VPPA ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
Keypoint: California state courts weigh in on what does, and does not, qualify as a “pen registry” or “tap and trace” device while one California federal court raises whether a wiretapping claim can also allow for a CCPA...more
10/22/2024
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
CIPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party ,
Vendors ,
Video Recordings ,
VPPA ,
Wiretapping
Throughout the 2024 legislative session, we have been tracking numerous privacy- and AI-related bills pending in California. Ten of those bills passed the state legislature before the legislative session ended on August 31...more
10/7/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Machine Learning ,
Minors ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Training ,
Transparency
Keypoint: California district courts continue to split over whether “knowledge” is required to plead liability under Section 631(a)’s fourth prong while two decisions show courts taking different approaches to VPPA claims at...more
9/10/2024
/ CIPA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Electronic Communications ,
Facebook ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party ,
VPPA ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
On Saturday, August 31, the California legislature closed its 2024 session. During the past calendar year, we tracked numerous privacy and AI-related bills with fourteen of them passing out of their chamber of origin prior to...more
9/3/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Discrimination ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Opt-Outs ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Training ,
Transparency
Keypoint: The California legislature enters into the final week of its session with many bills still under consideration. We are currently tracking thirteen privacy and AI-related bills that previously crossed chambers prior...more
Keypoint: Courts have started to issue Pixel-based wiretapping decisions, the Seventh Circuit weighs in on when a manufacturer can be forced to pay arbitration fees, and three courts showed different approaches to dismissing...more
8/23/2024
/ CIPA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Electronic Communications ,
Facebook ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
SaaS ,
Third-Party ,
VPPA ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
Keypoint: Courts reject personal jurisdiction arguments and suggest the Shopify decision will be overturned; Courts continue to show differing approaches to VPPA claims at the pleading stage with a large VPPA class action...more
7/16/2024
/ Audio Recording ,
CIPA ,
Class Action ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
ECPA ,
Privacy Laws ,
Shopify ,
Third-Party ,
VPPA ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
Keypoint: The Central District of California issued several wiretapping decisions in May while two decisions on the VPPA illustrate how claims fail or succeed at the pleading stage. Welcome to the fourteenth installment in...more
6/13/2024
/ CIPA ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Facebook ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
VPPA ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
Keypoint: The California legislature is considering several bills that, if passed, would add to the nation’s emerging legal patchwork governing the use of artificial intelligence. In mid-May, Colorado Governor Jared Polis...more
Keypoint: The Central District of California issues a major victory for website owners facing CIPA-arbitration demands, two decisions address whether a plaintiff consented as a defense to wiretapping claims, three courts in...more
5/7/2024
/ Audio Recording ,
Call Centers ,
CIPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Facebook ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Third-Party ,
Video Recordings ,
VPPA ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
Keypoint: Courts continue to issue conflicting decisions in wiretapping cases while one court has expanded who may be considered a “video tape service provider” under the VPPA.
Welcome to the eleventh installment in our...more
3/6/2024
/ Chat Rooms ,
CIPA ,
Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Electronic Communications ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
IP Addresses ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Third-Party ,
VPPA ,
Wiretapping
Keypoint: Businesses subject to the CCPA will need to revise their compliance programs before the exemptions expire on January 1, 2023.
As previously reported, the California legislature had been considering multiple bills...more
9/1/2022
/ California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Transfers ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Information Requests ,
Personal Information ,
Personnel Records ,
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