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CPPA’s Precision Strike: Tackling the Fine Print of CCPA Regulations

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A pair of recent enforcement actions by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) unveiled the agency’s latest enforcement priorities for business-to-consumer companies. In March 2025, the CPPA announced a settlement...more

BakerHostetler

DSIR Deeper Dive: A Big Year for VPPA Developments

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The past year has brought a number of federal appellate rulings under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), 18 U.S.C. § 2710, one of the statutes under which plaintiffs have been filing numerous claims in recent years...more

Fisher Phillips

Clothing Retailer Faces Big Fines for CCPA Violations: A Wake-Up Call + An Action Plan for Businesses

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In a significant enforcement move, California’s consumer privacy regulator just ordered a national clothing retailer to pay a $345,178 fine to resolve alleged violations of the state’s privacy law. The California Privacy...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

California Privacy Agency Continues Enforcement Spree with Todd Snyder Settlement

On May 6, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced a settlement with Todd Snyder, Inc. over allegations that the men’s retail brand violated CCPA rules on submission and fulfillment of privacy rights...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Eight-State Consortium of Privacy Regulators Marks Shift Toward Coordinated Enforcement

In a major development for businesses subject to state data privacy laws, eight state privacy regulators have joined forces to form the “Consortium of Privacy Regulators,” a bipartisan coalition aimed at coordinating...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Paramount Decision: Sixth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of VPPA Claims

On April 3, 2025, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a plaintiff’s Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) lawsuit brought against Paramount Global (“Defendant”). In Salazar v. Paramount Global, Mr....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #442 – Oregonians Push Back Against DOGE’s Access to Personal Information

On April 21, 2025, the Oregon Department of Justice’s Privacy Unit reported a “big spike” in complaints about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the first quarter of 2025....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

The VPPA: An Old Law with New Streams

Enacted in 1988, the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) was intended to regulate the then-booming videotape industry by limiting how video rental and sales data is disclosed. The law was enacted in direct response to the...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

California Regulator Signals New Era in Privacy Enforcement

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In March, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced a consent order with an auto manufacturer alleging multiple violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act and imposing a $632,500 fine for alleged failure...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Is My U.S.-Based Company Subject to the GDPR? Clearing Up European Data Privacy Law Misinformation

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If you are a compliance professional for a U.S.-based company, you have probably been told at some point that you have to worry about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Have you encountered one of these...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

CIPA and CCPA – Worlds Are Colliding!

Topics that we often discuss on this blog are the use of third-party tracking tools and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). Less discussed of late, however, is the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) which,...more

Foley Hoag LLP

23andMe Bankruptcy Update: U.S. Trustee and Texas Seek Consumer Privacy Ombudsman, While Debtors Aim for Less Oversight with...

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As noted in our last two client alerts, the issue as to who should be the watchdog to protect consumer personal data is coming to a head in the chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of 23andMe Holding Co and its affiliated debtors...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Follow the Breadcrumbs: Where Does Consumer Data Go as 23andMe Goes Bankrupt?

23andMe, a pioneer in the DNA testing kit industry, announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and recently asked to select an independent customer data representative regarding any sale of user data....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Yahoo ConnectID Faces Class Action Over Email Address Tracking as Alleged Wiretap Violation

Yahoo’s ConnectID is a cookieless identity solution that allows advertisers and publishers to personalize, measure, and perform ad campaigns by leveraging first-party data and 1-to-1 consumer relationships. ConnectID uses...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

The California Privacy Protection Agency Announces Its First Enforcement Settlement Against Honda

On March 12, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced the first settlement reached under its jurisdiction to enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This settlement, with American Honda Motor Co....more

White & Case LLP

Oregon Releases Report on the First Six Months of its Oregon Consumer Privacy Act

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield has released a report detailing implementation steps and enforcement actions taken during the first six months of the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act ("OCPA"), which entered into force in July...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #438 – FTC Chairman Shares Concerns Over 23andMe Data

In the ongoing saga of the 23andMe bankruptcy, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson recently sent a letter to the Trustee overseeing the 23andMe bankruptcy proceeding stating, “As Chairman of the Federal Trade...more

King & Spalding

Going for Broker: California’s CPPA Issues First Ban of Data Vendor Under Registration Statute

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Late in February, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ordered the shutdown of Background Alert under the state’s Data Broker Registration Law. Background Alert aggregated public records to create detailed profiles...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

CPPA Drives Home Enforcement Priorities in CCPA Settlement with Honda

On March 12, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced a settlement with American Honda Motor Co., resolving allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and requiring...more

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Scientific American Unable to Kick VPPA Class Action

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In a notable development for corporate defendants grappling with consumer privacy litigation, the Southern District of New York has recently issued a decision in Lee v. Springer Nature America, Inc., embracing a broadened...more

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State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update - February 2025 #2

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Many state governments are in the thick of their legislative sessions and we continue to see a steady wave of comprehensive data privacy bills introduced. Most notably last week, Alabama representatives introduced HB 283...more

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First Lawsuit Filed Under Washington’s My Health My Data Act

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The first class action complaint was filed under Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”) on February 10, 2025, more than a year after the law’s passage. When the law passed in April 2023, MHMDA was novel for its broad...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New York’s Health Information Privacy Act Poised to Become the Latest in a Growing Trend of State Data Privacy Laws

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New York State appears poised to become the fourth state to explicitly regulate consumer health data not covered by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Privacy Implications of Real-Time Bidding – Lessons From the Mobilewalla Enforcement Action

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With advances in digital technology and consumers’ insatiable appetite for “free” content, the advertising technology industry (AdTech) has played a crucial role in delivering highly personalized ad campaigns to consumers...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Class Certification Granted – California Website Tracking Lawsuit Reminds Businesses about Notice Risks

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A California federal district court recently granted class certification in a lawsuit against a financial services company. The case involves allegations that the company’s website used third-party technology to track users’...more

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