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Decoding Google Analytics 4 for Law Firms: Understanding Your Data

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Google Analytics 4 (GA4), the latest iteration of Google’s analytics platform, offers a wealth of insights but comes with a new interface and features that can be daunting. Understanding how to navigate GA4 and interpret its...more

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Google Halts Plan to Phase Out Third-Party Cookies: 3 Essential Next Steps for Businesses

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Google no longer plans to remove third-party cookies from its web browser, according to a July 22 announcement. Instead, the tech giant will explore other options that allow users to make informed choices that apply across...more

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The State AG Report – 1.4.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • Bipartisan AG Group Supports Google Users in Case...more

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Bipartisan AG Group Supports Google Users in Case Alleging Privacy Violations

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A bipartisan coalition of 19 AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of Google users who alleged that the company violated privacy agreements and used their personal...more

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Changes to Google Workspace for Education Terms of Service Prompts Audits to Third-Party Applications

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Google’s Workspace for Education will require school administrators to independently approve all integrated third-party applications their students use. Users under 18 cannot use their Google accounts to access thirdparty...more

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Google Faces Eight-Figure Settlements Following Data Privacy Claims

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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Google Workspace’s Privacy Policy Is Changing. Are You Ready?

Google’s Workspace for Education will require school admins to independently approve all integrated third-party applications students use. Users under 18 cannot use their Google accounts to access third-party applications...more

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Big Tech, Biometrics and BIPA: Meta’s Recent $68.5M Class Action Settlement

In July, Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) agreed to a $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement in connection with the company’s alleged violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information...more

Morgan Lewis - Health Law Scan

Privacy Class Action Against Google, University of Chicago Medical Center Rejected

The Seventh Circuit recently rejected a series of class action claims against Google and the University of Chicago Medical Center alleging that the medical center improperly sold patient health information to the tech giant,...more

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HHS and FTC Send Joint Letter to 130 Hospital Systems, Telehealth Providers Re: Tracking Technologies

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The Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission have sent a joint letter to approximately 130 hospital systems and telehealth providers to emphasize the risks and concerns about the use of...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: June 2023

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Keypoint: June 2023 maintained a trend of mostly favorable outcomes for defendants as courts continue to grant motions to dismiss in session replay and VPPA cases. This is the fifth installment in our monthly data privacy...more

Legal Internet Solutions Inc.

Getting to Know Google Analytics 4 for Legal Marketers

Why You Should Upgrade to Google Analytics 4 Google Analytics 4 (G.A.4.) has made waves since its launch, and Google has been nudging people to upgrade for the past two years. Why? Google is essentially making it mandatory to...more

Legal Internet Solutions Inc.

23 in ‘23

Here I go again. 23 goals for ‘23. As always, I can’t wait to sink my teeth into this list. And again, as always, I share my goals openly with you to share inspiration, build community, and help motivate one another to...more

Legal Internet Solutions Inc.

One More Thing from 2022 with Team LISI

Hey, podcast listeners. I am Taryn Elliott, director of client success and marketing at LISI, and this is LISI’s All the Things podcast. Team LISI is in the hot seat for this month’s episode of One More Thing. Robyn Addis,...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

40 States Reach Historic Settlement with Google Regarding Location-Tracking in the amount of $391.5m

In the largest multistate privacy settlement in U.S. history, Google has agreed to a $391.5m settlement with 40 states in connection with an investigation into how Google tracked users' locations. The investigation by the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Lessons from the Texas Biometric Data Action Against Google

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On October 20, 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton brought suit in Texas district court against Google for alleged violations of the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (“CUBI”). The petition claims that...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Texas Sues Google for Gathering Biometric Data

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Google for alleged “blatant defiance” of Texas’s biometric privacy law, which prohibits capturing biometric identifiers without prior consumer consent. The complaint...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Danish DPA Follows Suit and Becomes the Latest EU Data Protection Authority to Conclude that the Use of Google Analytics is...

In a recent announcement, Datatilsynet, the Danish Data Protection Authority (“Danish DPA”), declared that the Google Analytics tool does not comply with the GDPR’s requirements for international transfers. As such, it...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Google Analytics Runs Afoul of GDPR

Recent reports from several European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), the bodies empowered to regulate consumer privacy under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), have ruled that Google Analytics violates the...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Can European Websites use Google Analytics and Similar Services Without Violating the GDPR?

It has been nearly a year and a half since the Schrems II decision issued in July 2020, which invalidated the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. As a result, companies were forced...more

Morgan Lewis

Lloyd v. Google: Impact on the English Collective Redress Landscape and Data Privacy Actions

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The highly anticipated UK Supreme Court decision in Lloyd v. Google has brought into focus (1) the operation of the United Kingdom’s collective redress regime brought under the civil procedure rules, particularly the...more

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France Fines Facebook and Google For Violating the EU Cookie Law: You Need to Make it As Easy to Refuse as a Cookie, as it is to...

France recently fined Alphabet Inc’s Google $169 million and Meta Platform’s Facebook $67 million on grounds that the companies violated the EU e-Privacy directive (aka the EU “Cookie Law”) by requiring too many “clicks” for...more

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December Jobs Report Expected to Cap Year of Record Growth

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Jobs Report Friday! Here’s what we’re looking for in the numbers, including a possible rebound from November’s lower-than-expected figures. Note that the report also likely doesn’t account for the recent Omicron surge, which...more

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New Mexico Attorney General Settles Google Children’s Privacy Cases: A Unique Settlement Adds to a Complicated Landscape

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On December 13, the New Mexico Attorney General announced a settlement with Google to resolve claims regarding children’s privacy, including in the burgeoning EdTech space. The federal lawsuits Balderas v. Tiny Lab...more

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Lloyd v Google UK Supreme Court Class Action Judgment — End of the Road for Some, Open Door for Others

On 10 November 2021, the Supreme Court dismissed the United Kingdom’s first ever “opt-out” class action brought outside of the competition law sector, in Lloyd v Google LLC. The claim, seeking an award of damages of around £3...more

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