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Audio Recording Privacy Concerns Prior Express Consent

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California Supreme Courts Holds That Recording Cell Phone Calls Without Consent Is Unlawful and Subjects Recorders to Class Action...

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Introduction - The Supreme Court of California, interpreting California Penal Code section 632.7, recently held in Smith v. LoanMe, Inc. that cellular or cordless phone conversations cannot be recorded by nonparties or...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Defense Options After Calif. High Court Call-Recording Ruling

On April 1, the California Supreme Court ruled in Smith v. LoanMe Inc. that California Penal Code Section 632.7 prohibits both parties to a communication and nonparties, such as an individual who covertly intercepts and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California Supreme Court Increases Privacy Protections for Covered Cellular Communications

The California Supreme Court overturned the California Court of Appeals to hold that a party to a phone call can violate California Penal Code section 632.7 by recording the conversation without the consent of the other...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Smart-TV now regulated under new California law

Californians are now protected from smart-TV eavesdropping under new law, Assembly Bill 1116, which requires that smart-TV manufacturers ensure that voice-recognition features will not be enabled without consumer consent, and...more

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