Mobile Apps, Wiretapping

Best Practices for Apps & Websites to Avoid Claims Under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA)

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 4/30/2024

Amid little clarity from courts, wiretap claims targeting the use of data analytics tools are becoming increasingly common. Here are ways to stay compliant and avoid costly litigation....more

The Next Chapter of CIPA Litigation: The Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device

BakerHostetler on 1/18/2024

For the past two years, hundreds of class action lawsuits alleging violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) have plagued California retailers and consumer-facing service providers. These lawsuits claim,...more

“Pixels” and “Cookies,” Charming Terms for Tracking Technology, Can Lead to Ugly Data Privacy Headaches

Amundsen Davis LLC on 8/29/2023

Companies in all industries and of all sizes are evaluating sophisticated and useful technology for their websites and applica- tions (their “apps”) in an effort to enhance and develop their image or brand and to support...more

Another Reason to Love Warren Buffet

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/18/2016

On Sept. 22, my colleague Sharon Roberg Perez wrote about the WeConnect App that has Standard Innovation Corp facing class action claims related to wire-tapping, prohibited eaves-dropping, intrusion upon seclusion, and...more

WhatsApp adds end-to-end encryption

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/15/2016

More than a billion people on the planet use online messaging service WhatsApp to send and receive messages, photo and videos and to make phone calls over the Internet. Most of WhatsApp’s users are outside the United States....more

Pa. Wiretap Laws Forbid Use of Smart Phone Apps to Record Conversations

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/4/2016

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has delved into the “App Store,” addressing for the first time the use of smartphones and their applications in the context of illegal wiretapping. Pennsylvania’s Wiretap Act forbids the...more