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Businesses Beware: California Trap & Trace Lawsuits Target Common Website Tools

These lawsuits make generalized allegations that business websites use software or tools to collect various types of device and browsing information from website visitors and that businesses then share such information with...more

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Oldies but Not Goodies - Plaintiffs Put New Digital Spin on Song-Beverly

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Over the past few months, a wave of new lawsuits has been filed in California state court against online retailers alleging violations of California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1747.08 (“Song-Beverly”)....more

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Online Retailers Face Lawsuits for IP Address Collection During Transactions Under The Song Beverly Act

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In the latest iteration of privacy claims, California plaintiffs have begun filing lawsuits against online retailers using online tracking technologies to collect IP addresses under a new theory—plaintiffs allege such...more

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New Strain of Web Tracking Suits Pose Risks For Retailers

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In the latest example of privacy laws being stretched to fit new digital technologies, plaintiffs have begun to file a flurry of suits alleging that retailers are using pen register and trap-and-trace software to illegally...more

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Do You Know What Your Data is Doing?

The headline is a mouthful, but in the time you read this column your personal data has probably been collected by the more sophisticated vendors with whom you do business and is being used to target you for more purchases....more

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Sephora Settles with California AG for CCPA Violations over Sale of Data

In the first of its kind under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Sephora settled an enforcement action with the California Attorney General for violation of the CCPA. Sephora must pay $1.2 million in penalties and...more

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Curbside Pickup and Geofencing – How Your Favorite Retailer Knows You’ve Arrived

It’s that shopping time of year again and we are in the midst of a pandemic, so some of us are shopping differently than in the past. Curbside pickup is an option that has become more popular and for good reason. It’s quick,...more

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Going Mobile: The Growth of Device-Based Ecommerce in the 2018 Holiday Season

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As shopping via mobile devices captures a greater share of e-commerce, experts are making bold predictions about the role cell phones will play in this year’s holiday shopping landscape....more

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FTC Grants Sears’ Petition to Reopen and Modify 2009 Order Concerning Online Browsing Tracking

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently granted a petition by Sears Holding Management requesting that the FTC reopen and modify a 2009 FTC order settling charges that Sears failed to disclose adequately the scope of...more

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Hogan Lovells Represents Sears in Achieving First-Ever Modification to FTC Privacy Consent Order

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The FTC has approved the first-ever petition to reopen and modify a privacy-related consent order. The petition, filed by Sears Holdings Management Corporation, sought to amend the terms of Sears’ 2009 consent order (the...more

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Artificial Intelligence in Brick and Mortar Retail

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Headlines about brick and mortar retail tend to be dominated by how these establishments are in decline while online retail is burgeoning. Fortunately for brick and mortar retailers, their demise is not preordained since...more

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FTC Asked to Investigate Google’s Matching of “Bricks to Clicks”

Recently, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (“EPIC”) asked the FTC to begin an investigation into a Google program called “Store Sales Management.” The purpose of Store Sales Management is to allow for the matching...more

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Designed for Convenience: Three Ways Technology Can Enhance the Shopping Experience

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Spending a weekend or a Black Friday waiting in long checkout lines can drive many consumers to make their purchases with online retailers, which offer convenient and fast shopping. As competition with online retailers...more

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Mobile Location Analytics: Changing the Game for Brick and Mortar Retail

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For brick-and-mortar retailers, smart phones have taken on an entirely new role in customers’ shopping experiences. A technology known as "mobile location analytics" ("MLA") or sometimes, "indoor analytics," gives brick and...more

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Socially Aware - Volume 6, Issue 3 - July/August 2015

Welcome to the newest issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award winning guide to the law and business of social media. In this edition, we present a “grand unifying theory” of today’s leading technologies and the legal...more

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