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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

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Privacy Policy Basics

In today’s digital landscape, privacy policies have evolved from obscure legal documents into essential corporate governance tools. As data privacy regulations expand globally, organizations face increasing compliance...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - June 9th - 12th, Pittsburgh, PA

HCCA's Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is a three-and-a-half-day interactive education program with a focus on the vast body of privacy laws and regulations in place to help you protect PHI and other critical data. Our...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

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Use of Tracking Tools Requires Notice and Consent!

When browsing the internet, consumers are accustomed to being presented with advertisements for products for which they previously had searched. Through use of third-party tracking tools, companies are able to monitor visitor...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

Foley Hoag LLP

23andMe’s Bankruptcy Doesn’t Mean Genetic Data Will Be Improperly Disclosed

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The chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of 23andMe Holding Co. and its affiliated debtors (collectively, “23andMe”), the company that provides direct-to-consumer genetic testing and ancestry services, has prompted a wave of panicked...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Pennsylvania Wiretap Claim Dismissed

An oft-discussed topic on this blog is the rise in lawsuits asserting illegal wiretapping claims against companies that use technology on their websites to track consumer interactions. Recently, a Pennsylvania federal judge...more

Osano

[Virtual Event] The Privacy Pro Survival Summit 2.0: This Time It’s Personal - April 10th, 10:30 am - 5:30 pm EST

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Privacy pros are passionate about doing good work, in every sense of the word. Yes, we care about managing privacy as thoroughly and efficiently as possible (and not getting fined). But we are all in this line of work for a...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

California’s Top Privacy Cop Issues First Enforcement Decision

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has issued its first Order of Decision to American Honda Motor Co. in an enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CPPA). Although the investigation arose...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Key Takeaways from the California Privacy Agency’s First CCPA Enforcement Action

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On March 12, 2025, the California Consumer Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or Agency) announced a settlement with an auto manufacturer, marking the Agency’s first enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: February 2025

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Keypoint: In this post: (1) How a privacy policy can defeat a plaintiff’s “delayed discovery” argument; (2) Two CA state courts reject plaintiffs’ allegations concerning personal jurisdiction; (3) Three courts dismiss PR/TT...more

McDermott Will & Emery

CPPA Proposes Accessible Deletion Mechanism Regulations for Data Brokers

Ahead of its next board meeting, scheduled for March 6 and 7, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released even more proposed regulations, adding to an already full slate of proposed regulations, to amend...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

First Class Action Filed Under Washington’s MY Health MY Data Act Draws Parallels to Previous SDK Litigation

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On February 10, 2025, the first class action complaint was filed pursuant to Washington’s MY Health MY Data Act (“MHMDA”), Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 19.373.005 et seq. See Maxwell v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al., Case No. 2:25-cv-261...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #433 – Privacy and Security Personnel Throughout Federal Government Fired

The Trump administration has systematically fired federal privacy- and security-focused employees since taking office. Three members of the bipartisan, independent agency, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Is a Federal Privacy Law Coming?

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On the heels of the formation of the House Privacy Working Group, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), Vice Chairman of the House...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 2, February 2025

Welcome to our second issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. For those of you with an interest in the Corporate Transparency Act, Brienne Marco and Joe Unger report that the recent injunction...more

Hogan Lovells

New York’s Health Information Privacy Act: what you need to know

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If enacted, the New York Health Information Privacy Act (“NYHIPA”) will be the latest in a series of state privacy laws that regulate health data outside of the traditional health care context. It would follow the passage of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Is Your Business Trapped? The Rise of “Trap and Trace” Litigation

Almost every business has a website; every website should have a privacy policy, terms of use, and, in some cases, a consumer privacy rights notice—if certain state consumer privacy rights laws apply to your business, such as...more

Cozen O'Connor

Texas AG Investigates DeepSeek

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Texas AG Ken Paxton has announced an investigation into the artificial intelligence company DeepSeek’s privacy practices and its claims that its AI model rivals the most advanced AI models in the world, including OpenAI....more

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2024 Year in Review: Video Privacy Protection Act Litigation Trends

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The Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), a federal statute enacted in 1988, is gaining new relevance in recent years as plaintiffs bring lawsuits with the goal of enforcing online privacy rights. 2024 saw a continuation of...more

Perkins Coie

FTC Announces New Children’s Privacy Requirements in Updated COPPA Rule

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced long-awaited amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule) on January 16, 2025, marking the first changes to the COPPA Rule since 2013....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Valid Consent: General Public vs. Gamblers

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A new decision by the United Kingdom’s high court says that even if you have cookie and marketing consent mechanisms that are sufficient for valid consent under privacy laws for the general public, they may not be enough for...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

DeepSeek: Legal Considerations for Enterprise Users

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DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (“AI”) startup, recently made waves across the global AI landscape with the release of its latest open-source R1 model. While some versions of DeepSeek’s model can be downloaded and...more

Fisher Phillips

9 Sweeping Changes Proposed in India’s Latest Data Protection Draft Rules: What U.S. Employers Can Do to Prepare

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India just released a landmark draft of new rules to refine and implement the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act) – which is India’s first comprehensive data privacy legislation regulating digital personal data...more

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