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
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
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
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 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: Multiple decisions from the same judicial district come down differently on wiretapping claims while three courts in different states each reject VPPA-defendants’ arguments that the plaintiffs lacked Article III...more
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