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2025 State Privacy Changes: What Healthcare Leaders Need to Know

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In 2025, eight new U.S. state privacy laws took effect and several states tightened existing regulations, significantly impacting healthcare organizations. Major changes include strengthened opt-out rights, new protections...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CIPA Demand Letters Are Here to Stay; Reducing Risk from Chat, Session Replay, and Analytics

Until California’s legislature provides clearer guardrails, companies should expect continued class action activity under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), targeting common website tracking technologies....more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: February 16, 2026

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Key point: Last week, the Alabama legislature passed an App Store bill while Maine’s consumer data privacy bill crossed chambers. Below is the fifth update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2026. This...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Tracking After Rejection? ATP Tour Complaint Highlights Risks of Misaligned Cookie Controls

California resident Nathaniel Bee filed a lawsuit this week alleging that the ATP Tour’s website used third-party tracking technology that captured details on how visitors interacted with the site, including what content they...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Patchwork of Data Privacy Laws: Recent Developments and Implications

The data privacy landscape in the United States continues to evolve at a rapid pace, but state-to-state changes are seldom uniform. For businesses operating across multiple jurisdictions, the challenge of maintaining...more

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California Imposes Largest CCPA Fine to Date on Disney

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On Feb. 11, 2026, the California Attorney General’s Office announced a $2.75 million settlement with The Walt Disney Company, making it the largest fine imposed under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to date. ...more

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California’s Newest Surveillance Pricing Probe

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Two customers shopping for the same product on the same website at the same time may see two different prices. This scenario is a growing reality in today’s data-driven marketplace, and California regulators are paying...more

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California AG Announces Largest CCPA Enforcement Settlement to Date

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Key point: The California attorney general announced a $2.75 million fine against a company for CCPA violations for failing to honor requests to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information across all devices and...more

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After Apple: What Online Businesses Need to Know About Privacy Expectations After Recent Court Decision

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A recent federal court decision from California in In re Apple Data Privacy Litigation reflects an evolving judicial approach to how courts will define the boundaries of privacy in a platform-driven world. The January 20...more

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California Takes Aim at Surveillance Pricing: 4 Steps for Data-Driven Businesses to Prepare

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On Data Privacy Day, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new investigative probe focused on businesses that use consumer data to set individualized prices, a practice commonly referred to as “surveillance...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Privacy Regulation of Auto Industry to Accelerate in 2026 – Part 1

Although the auto industry has faced scrutiny from state and federal regulators in recent years, expect that scrutiny to intensify in 2026, given changes in the law and enforcement actions that took place in 2025. The...more

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New York Governor Unveils New AI Agenda

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans to launch a new office to oversee the implementation and enforcement of New York’s artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology laws as part of a series of recent...more

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California’s Deletion Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP) is Live

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In October 2023, California passed the Delete Act, which, in addition to requiring data brokers to register with the state, directed Cal Privacy (f/k/a the California Privacy Protection Agency or CPPA) to create a data...more

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Is Individualized Pricing the Next Big Privacy Enforcement Issue? California AG Announces Investigative Sweep Around ‘Surveillance...

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a sweep concerning so-called “surveillance pricing” or “algorithmic pricing” The AG highlights potential CCPA privacy violations tied to the use of individualized pricing models...more

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EU Legislators and Tech Industry Leaders Take Steps to Facilitate Compliance Under EU AI Act

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Deepfakes can be created and used for many purposes. If properly revealed as a deepfake and the creation does not otherwise violate applicable law, the existence of the deepfake does not generally raise a red flag concern to...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

New Year, New Privacy Requirements

The U.S. state privacy landscape continues to evolve rapidly, with significant new compliance obligations taking effect at the start of 2026, including new comprehensive consumer data privacy laws now in effect in Indiana,...more

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Long-Delayed Wave of CCPA Regulations Starts Crashing to Corporate Shores

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As of January 1, 2026, a revised and expanded set of regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act) (CCPA) is officially in effect. Promulgated by the California...more

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2025 CTDPA Enforcement Report Issued

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Key point: The Connecticut Office of the Attorney General issued the third annual enforcement report under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act, focusing on the office’s privacy and security efforts, consumer complaints, data...more

McCarter & English, LLP

One Month of Indiana’s Consumer Data Privacy Law . . . Where Do You Stand on Compliance?

Enforcement of the Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) has begun, and its penalties can add up quickly. The CDPA was signed in 2023 and became effective January 1, 2026. The law governs how covered businesses collect,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Fix Is In: New Jersey Tweaks Its Privacy Law

New Jersey’s existing, comprehensive privacy law was amended at the end of last month, with some tweaks that mirror changes seen in other privacy laws. (For example, changes that went into place for the Connecticut law last...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Consent Defeats Wiretapping Claims

As our readers know, the use of internet tracking technologies on consumer-facing websites is widespread. Utilization of these third-party tracking tools, however, has led to a proliferation of lawsuits alleging that...more

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FCC Issues a Welcome Clarification on FRN Order

As noted last week, the FCC announced in a robocall proceeding that all individuals and entities that have a Federal Registration Number (FRN) in the FCC’s CORES database are now required to update it within ten business days...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California attorney general launches surveillance pricing probe

On January 27, the California attorney general announced an investigative sweep targeting businesses’ use of consumer personal information to engage in surveillance pricing. The initiative is focused on whether companies are...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

SCOTUS to clarify who qualifies as a “consumer” under Video Privacy Protection Act

The Video Privacy Protection Act became law decades ago, at a time when consumers physically visited and then rented movies on VHS tape or DVD at video rental stores. The impetus for the law was protecting the privacy of...more

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Florida Launches Enforcement Unit Targeting Foreign Data Collection

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On February 5, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the creation of a first-of-its-kind specialized civil and criminal unit, named Consumer Harm from International and Nefarious Actors or “CHINA” for short....more

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