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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Court Expands Scope of Private Actions Under California Consumer Privacy Act to Include Pixel Tracking Practices

On March 3, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a significant ruling that has the potential to broaden the risk of liability under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). ...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Tips to Reduce Risk of Exposure to UID2 Class Actions

Businesses need to remain vigilant regarding recent developments in consumer-based data privacy class actions. In recent weeks, the plaintiff class action bar has filed several lawsuits against The Trade Desk Inc. related to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Video Game Developer’s Website Privacy Policy Disclosure and Cookie Banner Consent Defeat Wiretap Class Action

Video game developer Ubisoft, Inc. came out on top earlier this month in the Northern District of California when a judge dismissed, with prejudice, a class action claiming that the company’s use of third-party website pixels...more

Baker Donelson

Recent Wiretapping Class Action Dismissal Offers Compliance Lessons

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In late March, an online retailer successfully asserted consent as a complete defense to a putative Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act of 1978 (WESCA) class action lawsuit, resulting in the...more

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Web Trackers May Violate Privacy Statutes That Predate the Internet

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Three recent federal court cases consider whether the use of third party trackers embedded in websites can be the basis of class action lawsuits alleging violations of statutes enacted before the internet existed. These...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Insured Files Lawsuit Over Coverage for Disclosure of Private Health Information

An insured who purchased insurance specifically for privacy injury liability was recently forced to sue its insurer after it denied coverage. The insured allegedly “installed web beacons and cookies on its platforms so that...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Event] Privacy Litigation: The Past, The Present, And The Future - March 25th, Irvine, CA

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Privacy litigation has taken California (and the country) by storm. In the past twenty-four months, the focus of privacy litigation has shifted from data breaches to data use, and the number of class actions filed grows by...more

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From Blockbuster to Meta: The Evolution of The Video Privacy Protection Act to Class Action Lawsuits

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How could an obscure privacy law from 1988 majorly disrupt online video streaming as we know it and make tech giants like Meta and Netflix targets of class action lawsuits?...more

Carlton Fields

[Webinar] Website Tech Fueling Privacy Litigation: How to Reduce Your Risk - April 13th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Website technologies (such as cookies, session-replay software, and other tools) are fueling a rise in privacy class actions and drawing regulators’ scrutiny. Plaintiffs’ attorneys are pursuing these claims under a variety of...more

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Fashion Counsel: Privacy in the Retail Fashion Industry

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Between consumer demand for more transparency and anticipated 2023 privacy laws, companies may be vulnerable to class action lawsuits. Anthony V. Lupo invites Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Data Protection Partner Eva J. Pulliam...more

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Data interception class actions – S.D. Fla. dismisses claim that use of session replay software violates Florida Security of...

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Takeaway: As we reported in a recent article – New Class Action Trend: Website Session Replay Tools Alleged to Violate All-Party Consent Recording Requirements (April 5, 2021) – creative class action lawyers have filed a...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Challenges to Google's Collection of Web Browsing Data Survive Motion to Dismiss

A class action lawsuit will proceed against Google over its collection of data from users browsing in "incognito mode," as District Judge Lucy Koh denied Google's motion to dismiss on March 12, 2021. In Brown v. Google, Judge...more

Alston & Bird

Supreme Court Denies Cert in Leading Case on Internet Tracking and Analytics

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The Supreme Court recently declined to review In re Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation—a consolidated class action alleging that Google and third-party advertisers evaded web browser privacy settings,...more

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