BakerHostetler Partner Paul Karlsgodt Discusses Privacy Class Actions
It has now become commonplace for Plaintiffs’ attorneys to bring claims alleging that routine marketing techniques, including the deployment of behavioral advertising cookies and pixels, constitute wiretaps in violation of...more
In a joint press release published on June 18, the California Attorney General and Los Angeles City Attorney announced a settlement with Tilting Point Media LLC (Tilting Point) in connection with alleged violations of the...more
The use of online tracking technologies for online behavioral advertising, analytics and related activities has come under increasing scrutiny by regulators in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. The obligations under various...more
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
California was the first US state with a comprehensive privacy law the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), 4 more states followed with omnibus privacy laws effective this year and state legislatures passed 8 more this...more
In a groundbreaking decision, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it was diagnosing GoodRx’s use of tracking pixel codes and analytics, its digital strategy, as not only an unfair or deceptive act or abusive practice...more
In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2022 applicable to the Fintech industry. So, what happened in 2022?...more
European data protection authorities kicked 2023 off with a bang when, on January 4, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that Meta Platforms Ireland would be fined a total of €390 million (roughly $414...more
An important part of how to market a law firm is targeting the correct audience. To do this, you first need to ensure you know who your target audience targets are and understand as much about them as possible....more
Through a new interpretive rule announced this week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has declared that digital marketing providers can be held liable under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA)...more
The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), an industry trade group that develops self-regulatory standards for online advertising, has released its Precise Location Information Solution Provider Voluntary Enhanced Standards....more
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) introduces a new concept, “sharing,” that provides California residents with the right to opt-out of certain disclosures of personal information for behavioral advertising. In this...more
On April 19, 2022, the Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) Center for Industry Self-Regulation introduced the TeenAge Privacy Program (TAPP), an emerging initiative that sets out to help companies develop a teen-centric approach...more
The Digital Advertising Accountability Program, which enforces privacy principles for digital advertising, issued a compliance warning to advertisers regarding device fingerprinting. This warning is worth keeping in mind,...more
On October 21, 2021, the CFPB sent orders to Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, PayPal, and Square requiring them to provide information about their current and planned payments products, practices, and data collection and...more
In August, Viacom and a number of other app developers and ad-tech companies reached a settlement with parents who had alleged that the companies were illegally selling children’s personal information for behavioral...more
Three quarters of retailers that deploy a significant number of third party behavioral advertising cookies on their websites do not utilize a cookie notice. The 25% of retailers that do deploy a cookie notice are split in...more
Retailers are divided about whether the use of third party behavioral advertising cookies do, or do not, constitute the sale of personal information. One in four retailers (28%) utilize behavioral advertising cookies and take...more
Yes. As the following chart indicates, there is a wide disparity between the quantity of third party behavioral advertising cookies used by retailers...more
Almost all pharmaceutical companies that utilize third party behavioral advertising cookies have taken the position that the collection of information utilizing such cookies on their websites does not constitute a “sale”...more
Approximately 69% of pharmaceutical companies that deploy a significant number of third party behavioral advertising cookies on their websites do not utilize a cookie notice. The 31% of pharmaceutical companies that do deploy...more
Yes. As the following chart indicates there is a wide disparity between the quantity of third party behavioral advertising cookies used by pharmaceutical companies within the Fortune 500...more
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is a ballot initiative that, if passed in November, will significantly amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....more
Approximately 78% of banks and financial institutions that deploy a significant number of third party behavioral advertising cookies on their websites do not utilize a cookie notice. The 22% of banks and financial...more
Almost all banks and financial institutions that utilize third party behavioral advertising cookies have taken the position that the collection of information utilizing such cookies on their websites does not constitute a...more