Like many organizations, Peloton is facing a legal challenge under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) relating to the company’s alleged use of third-party technology on its website to intercept chat communications...more
Readers of this blog likely know about the wave of consumer privacy litigation directed at online companies’ collection of consumer data. A litany of these cases are brought by Swigart Law Group, APC (“Swigart Law”), a law...more
Businesses operating public facing websites that employ data analytics software to track users’ website interactions must be aware of a novel use of the California Information Privacy Act (“CIPA”) that has taken the...more
As an onslaught of recent class actions allege, companies may be liable for eavesdropping and wiretapping based on the use of common analytics software on their platforms. For instance, in California, plaintiffs have filed...more
Central District of California dismisses lawsuit alleging that a third-party’s interception of communications over a website’s live chat feature violated California’s wiretapping and eavesdropping prohibitions. ...more
If you do not know what a pixel is, you may have a problem and should read on. This article will explain the recent trend of “pixel litigation” and suggest some ways to help companies avoid liability and avoid becoming...more
Over a hundred cases are pending from the wave of privacy class actions that commenced last year alleging violations of state wiretap statutes based on use of website session replay, chatbot and pixel technologies. ...more
Today’s mobile workforce means that many employees blend their personal and professional lives on the same devices, possibly putting organizations’ data at risk. During the holiday season, in the search for gifts, low prices,...more
This is the eighth installment in our monthly data privacy litigation reports to provide updates on how courts in the United States have handled emerging data privacy trends. In this post, we look at privacy litigation...more
Plaintiffs class action lawyers have latched onto privacy litigation as their next big meal ticket. Over the past year, companies have faced a new barrage of lawsuits under the federal Video Privacy Protection Act, (VPPA) and...more
The pace of internet consumer privacy class action litigation is skyrocketing. Remarkably, no specific legislative change in the law triggered the increase in litigation. Instead, the driver of this litigation explosion — in...more
Over the last few months, a wave of consumers have filed putative class action complaints against a long list of consumer-facing website owners/operators and their software providers alleging invasion of privacy rights under...more
Does your company use tracking or session replay software to understand how users interact with your website? If so, you may be the next target of a new wave of class actions sweeping across Florida and California. The...more
Recently we have seen a slew of class action filings under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). CIPA is an older privacy law, associated with eavesdropping and wire fraud, not to be confused with the California...more