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No Password Required: From Heavy Metal to the Front Lines of Cyber Innovation
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 16: Protecting Privacy at Every Walk of Life with France Bélanger and Donna Wertalik of Virginia Tech
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Tracking Trends in State-Level Consumer Protection Enforcement
Podcast - An Overview of State Attorney General Consumer Protection Enforcement
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A federal judge has ruled that CNN must face a proposed class action alleging that its website shared consumers’ personal information with Microsoft and adtech firms without consent, in alleged violation of the California...more
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Washington Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Old Navy, LLC, 567 P.3d 38 (Wash. 2025). In response to a certified question from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of...more
At least the map doesn’t need to be updated… The seesaw battle over whether an SMS message constitutes a “telephone call” under the TCPA’s DNC provisions continues to rage on....more
An August 2025 federal court ruling has opened the door for plaintiffs to use alleged inaccuracies or misrepresentations in a company’s privacy policy and other privacy disclosures as the basis for a federal wiretapping claim...more
As part of its broader efforts around online age checking, the EU commission announced that it has created its age verification app. Last year the Commission announced that it was working with Member States to create a...more
We are pleased to present our latest edition of Telephone and Texting Compliance News, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more
At its March 2026 Open Meeting, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing changes to its telephone numbering policies. The changes are aimed at making it harder for bad actors to obtain and exploit...more
Earlier this year, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dropped a bombshell with its decision in Bradford v. Sovereign Pest Control of Texas. The Fifth Circuit reshaped the TCPA landscape when it held that for purposes...more
A Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) bill first introduced in the United States Senate has been given new life as Congress and federal agencies continue to focus on curtailing the delivery of unsolicited calls to...more
Iowa AG Brenna Bird has amended her complaint against social media giant TikTok and related entities to add additional claims regarding the vulnerability of Iowans’ personal data in violation of state consumer protection law....more
Continuing the trend of new state-by-state artificial intelligence (“AI”) regulations, Oregon and Washington both enacted laws regulating AI companion chatbots in March 2026, following California’s lead. Oregon’s SB 1546 and...more
Florida has joined the growing number of states enacting comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. On June 6, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (“FDBR”) into law, and it became effective...more
Litigation under Washington’s CEMA, RCW 19.190, have flooded courts following a ruling from the Washington Supreme Court on April 17, 2025, which held that email subject lines containing false or misleading information were...more
As TCPAWorld readers know well, the Supreme Court has defined an ATDS to be a system that EITHER stores OR produces telephone numbers to be dialed using a random or sequential number generator....more
You may not realize the hidden risks of unarchived website changes in high-regulation industries until your organization faces a regulatory inquiry, audit, or legal dispute. Your website changes constantly, from updated...more
The creator economy is a multibillion-dollar industry attracting serious investment, strategic brand partnerships and increasingly sophisticated deal structures. As platforms multiply and audience attention fragments, both...more
The High Court has refused to compel The Guardian newspaper to disclose the identity of an alleged source of non-public court information. The judgment emphasises the high bar for obtaining a Norwich Pharmacal order...more
A federal court just granted approval to a TCPA class action settlement involving messages sent by GoldCo using the Call Loop text platform. The Plaintiff claimed Gold Co had sent messages to himself and others on the DNC...more
Last week, the Supreme Court vacated a copyright infringement judgment against an ISP provider and remanded the case to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of the Cox Communications decision (Grande Comm’s Networks...more
Time is short, stakes are high, and the crowds are coming. The upcoming FIFA World Cup™ offers tremendous opportunity for businesses that are prepared, have taken proper steps, and have protected their interests. Use...more
Influencer marketing has outgrown its early days of buried “#sp” tags and fuzzy disclosure practices. It’s now a core advertising channel driving billions in spend—and, unsurprisingly, continues to draw scrutiny from...more
This week marks an important new chapter in the self-regulation of advertising in the United States. Yesterday, the Center for Industry Self-Regulation's Institute for Responsible Influence (IRI) announced the launch of a new...more
The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more
On April 2, 2026, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Investor Education Foundation (the “Foundation”) published a brief (the “Brief”) examining the demographic characteristics, investment knowledge and...more
While California’s wiretapping statute, the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), tends to dominate the conversation about the recent rise in wiretapping litigation, plaintiffs are also turning to other states’...more