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Troutman Pepper Locke

California AG Announces Investigative Sweep Targeting Geolocation Data

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On March 10, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep of the location data industry for potential noncompliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #396 – FTC Settles with InMarket for Selling Precise Location Information of Consumers

On May 1, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with InMarket Media (InMarket), a digital marketing and data aggregator, to resolve the FTC’s allegations that InMarket “unlawfully collected and used...more

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FTC's Sensitive Location Privacy Collection and Sale Expectations: Insights From Data Broker Settlements (and 10 Action Items to...

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Following several years of investigating the common practices in the space, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached its first settlement with a data broker over the alleged collection and sale of location information that...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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Tech giant to pay $62M in smartphone location tracking suit

On September 14, 2023, in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary approval of a proposed Class Action Settlement Agreement and Release...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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2016"

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we highlight guidance issued by the Irish data protection authority regarding the use of location data, as well as the FTC's request for comment on its Standards for...more

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