No Password Required: From AOL to Award-Winning Cuisine to High-Stakes Hacking
Key Discovery Points: Don’t Get Caught with Your Hand in the Production Cookie Jar
How Startups Can Comply With Ever-Changing Privacy Laws
#Risk New York Speaker Series – Bridging the Gap: Effective Risk Communication in Compliance with Rob Clark, Jr.
Privacy for Risk Management: Bridge the Business, Technology and Compliance Gaps
Innovation in Compliance: Real-Time Fraud Prevention Strategies for Financial Loss Prevention with Vince Walden
Rethinking Records Retention
#Risk New York Speaker Series: The Future of AI Governance in GRC with Matt Kelly
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 15: TAKE IT DOWN: Online Abuse and Harassment with Carrie Goldberg of C.A. Goldberg, PLLC
Facial Recognition and Legal Boundaries: The Clearview AI Case Study — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
AI on the Job: How to Stay Ahead of Employment and Data Privacy Risks
Podcast: Addressing Patient Complaints About Privacy Violations
Compliance and AI: Using AI for Data Loss Prevention Systems with Vinay Goel
Safeguarding Your Business Data
State AGs Unite: New Privacy Task Force Signals Shift in Regulatory Power Dynamics — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Constangy Clips Ep. 10 - 3 Ways the GDPR Is Evolving with Today’s Tech Landscape
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 14: The Pig Around the Corner: Privacy and Trade with Constantine Karbaliotis of nNovation LLP
State AG Pulse | Massive Google Settlement Shows AGs Serious About Privacy
Podcast - What Healthcare Providers Should Be Telling Students and Interns About HIPAA and Snooping
State AGs Unite: New Privacy Task Force Signals Shift in Regulatory Power Dynamics — The Consumer Finance Podcast
A California bill aimed at curbing the explosion of lawsuits filed against businesses using common website tools like cookies, pixels, and session replay software has stalled out in the 2025 legislative session, meaning your...more
Healthline Media has agreed to pay $1.55 million to resolve allegations that it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – which is the largest settlement to date under the state’s landmark privacy law. The...more
In a significant win for the defense, a California federal judge denied class certification in a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) suit alleging that AddShoppers and Peet’s Coffee unlawfully tracked website visitors...more
Readers of this blog are aware of the barrage of California Invasion of Privacy (“CIPA”) claims brought against online companies. Recently, an unfavorable decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (“Ninth Circuit”)...more
Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action lawsuits have been on the rise, and the owner of the The Onion, a popular satire site, finds itself the subject of a recent one. On May 16, 2025, a plaintiff-initiated...more
On April 29, 2025, the Senate Public Safety Committee voted 6-0 to advance legislation that would exempt processing of personal information for a commercial business purpose from coverage by the California Invasion of Privacy...more
Courts across the country are becoming skeptical of data breach and web tracking claims that assert theoretical privacy violations without alleging any actual injury to the plaintiffs. Recent decisions underscore that courts...more
In a big win for businesses, a California federal court just held that a “tester” plaintiff – someone who visits websites for purposes of initiating litigation – cannot bring a claim under the California Invasion of Privacy...more
Recent months have seen a dramatic increase in demand letters and litigation targeting websites and mobile apps. These claims often allege privacy violations stemming from the use of various technologies such as chat bots,...more
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
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
Two recent court decisions have provided businesses with long-awaited clarity on the reach of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) – and could begin to redefine digital privacy litigation for the better. Two separate...more
It is hard to believe that we are starting the 25th year of the 21st century. The rapid evolution that technology, privacy and data security have undergone these last 25 years is mindbending. Yet, as we enter 2025, it still...more
Following our recent client alert, learn more about enforcement targeting website tracking technologies and the impact on organizations in 2025. Elliot Golding and David Saunders share further insights from working with...more
Some businesses might be surprised to learn that digital wiretapping litigation claims are one of today’s fastest-growing compliance risks, with over 1,560 lawsuits filed in 28 states since a groundbreaking 2022 decision...more
The act of predicting what will become the dominating storyline of data privacy and cybersecurity in 2025 is a hazardous enterprise, as one is almost surely to get something wrong. Without fail, every year, regulators and the...more
Overview - In 2024, lawsuits targeting companies for their use of commonly deployed digital tracking technologies, such as pixels, and session replay tools proliferated. Frequently used on apps and websites, tracking...more
In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind decision, a California federal court just granted class certification in a wiretapping claim brought against a website operator that used third-party technology to track users’...more
Countless hours are being spent categorizing cookies and other tracking technologies to work with consent management platforms, part of a purpose-built industry aiming to help companies deal with the increasingly complex and...more
Many people are thinking of holiday cookies at this time of year, but your favorite privacy lawyers are still thinking more about the non-delicious kind: those enabling common features on websites and online services. That’s...more
Massachusetts’ highest court recently issued an opinion that delves into the complex intersection of privacy law and modern technology. The case centers around whether the collection and transmission of users’ web browsing...more
In 2018, there were two comprehensive state data privacy bills introduced across the United States and a whopping zero were in effect. Fast forward six years and there have been 41 new data privacy bills considered this year...more
In a critical new decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has confirmed that the state’s anti-wiretapping statute does not extend to website tracking technologies. In Vita v. New England Baptist Hospital, the Court...more
October has offered valuable insights for companies managing privacy obligations related to user tracking, with courts issuing opinions on various wiretap laws and the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) in the context of...more
Over the past decade, businesses and institutions with public-facing websites have increasingly turned to internet tracking technologies, such as cookies, pixels, and session replay tools, to optimize their websites and offer...more