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Cozen O'Connor

Utah Snaps at Snapchat’s Youth Safety and Data Practices

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Utah AG Derek Brown and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection jointly sued Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, facilitating child sexual exploitation and sextortion through its design features and recommendation...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Texas and Louisiana Join Growing Trend of State Age Verification Laws for App Stores

On May 27, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the App Store Accountability Act (the “Act”). Similar to the law of the same name passed by Utah in March, the Act requires app stores to take more responsibility...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Massachusetts Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment to Media Company in VPPA Suit

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In March 2025, we reported that the District of Massachusetts had denied class certification of the plaintiff’s Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) claims in Therrien v. Hearst Television Inc. for failure to meet the implied...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

California limits certification, revealing challenges for litigating privacy cases

In the recent high-profile civil class action, Frasco v. Flo Health, a California federal court issued a significant ruling partially certifying a nationwide class and California subclass of individuals who used the Flo...more

Cozen O'Connor

No Buyer’s Remorse for Nebraska AG Over Temu Data Use Lawsuit

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Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers sued PDD Holdings Inc. and WhaleCo Inc., d/b/a Temu, alleging that Temu’s shopping app operates as malware designed to gain unauthorized access to users’ data in violation of state consumer protection...more

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Mobile Device Collections — a Potential Minefield for Lawyers

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As mobile devices have become ubiquitous, so has the need for lawyers to collect information from them to use in litigation. Due to the unique data collection challenges posed by these devices, “mobile device forensics” has...more

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New York’s Child Data Protection Act Is Now In Effect: What You Need to Do

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On June 20, 2025, the New York Child Data Protection Act (CDPA) took effect, ushering in some of the most comprehensive child and teen privacy protections in the United States. The law applies to operators of websites, apps,...more

J.S. Held

Strategies for Minimizing Rising Risks to Mobile Apps from Privacy Laws

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As mobile device applications continue to proliferate – magnified in no small part by the recent surge in artificial intelligence-related tools to facilitate creation of apps – they have become indispensable tools for...more

Fisher Phillips

New Class Certification Decision in App-Tracking Case Provides Critical Guidance for Businesses Facing Privacy Claims

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A California federal court just certified a significant class action involving allegations that a health-tracking app improperly shared sensitive health information with third parties without user consent. The court’s May 22...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Webinar] Down the Rabbit Hole: Navigating IP Theft Investigations - May 29th, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET

Step into Wonderland and ensure you’re equipped to handle intellectual property theft investigations by seeing the entire picture of what’s on employee’s devices — even deleted data. Take a Curious Stroll Through the...more

A&O Shearman

CNIL launches public consultation on draft recommendations relating to multi-terminal consent

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On April 24 2025, the French supervisory authority (CNIL) issued a draft recommendation to address challenges in collecting user consent for cookies and trackers across multiple devices (the Draft Recommendation). The new...more

Ice Miller

The Continuing Saga of Ad Tracking Litigation: What Businesses Need to Know

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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

Pierce Atwood LLP

Massachusetts Court Denies Certification of Privacy Class Action for Failure to Meet Ascertainability Requirement

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On February 14, 2025, in Therrien v. Hearst Television, Inc., the District of Massachusetts denied a motion for class certification due to the plaintiff’s failure to meet the implied ascertainability requirement of Rule 23....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Skin360 App Can’t Escape Scrutiny under Illinois Biometric Law

A federal district court has denied a motion by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (JJCI) to dismiss a second amended complaint alleging it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting and storing...more

Alston & Bird

California Attorney General Targets Location Data in New Investigative Sweep

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This week California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new investigative sweep under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We have anticipated this sweep for some time based on the focus and the direction of a...more

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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

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Location Data as Health Data? Precedent-Setting Lawsuit Brought Against Retailer Under Washington My Health My Data Act

An online retailer was recently hit with the first class action under Washington’s consumer health data privacy law alleging that it used advertising software attached to certain third-party mobile phone apps to unlawfully...more

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First Lawsuit Filed Under Washington’s My Health My Data Act

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The first class action complaint was filed under Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”) on February 10, 2025, more than a year after the law’s passage. When the law passed in April 2023, MHMDA was novel for its broad...more

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Mobile Apps: What Does the CNIL Recommend From a Privacy Perspective?

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While mobile apps have become one of the major means of access to digital services, their ubiquity is accompanied by significant risks to users' privacy, due to the massive amount of personal data they collect and process....more

Fisher Phillips

Top 5 Surprising Takeaways as Fisher Phillips Launches Digital Wiretapping Litigation Tracker

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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Supreme Court to Hear TikTok Case

The United States Supreme Court announced on December 18, 2024, that it will hear the TikTok ban case and has scheduled oral arguments to be held on January 10, 2025, before the ban’s effective date of January 19, 2025....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

TikTok on the Clock: What Brands Should Consider Pending a Potential TikTok Ban

Background - A potential ban of the popular social media app, TikTok, has been in the news for years, but recent events suggest that it may become reality for Americans in the coming weeks. On December 6, 2024, the U.S. Court...more

Alston & Bird

The D.C. Circuit’s TikTok Decision Could Portend Greater Regulation of Chinese-Owned Apps

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On December 6, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (“Act”). The Act, signed into law by...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

2024 TikTok Roundup: Controversies, Bans, and What’s Next

If you’re one of the over 170 million TikTok users in the United States, you’ve probably seen TikTok as a regular in the news. TikTok, a highly popular social media platform operated by the Chinese technology company...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FTC Cracks Down on Selling Sensitive Location Info, Restricts Use of Consumer Data for 1st Time

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced two significant enforcement actions last week – one against data broker Mobilewalla, Inc. and the other against data analytics provider Gravy Analytics, Inc. (and its subsidiary...more

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