We get Privacy for work — Episode 9: The Explosion in BIPA Litigation
We get Privacy for work — Episode 8: The Surge in Data Breach Lawsuits: Trends and Tactics
Regulatory Rollback: CFPB’s Withdrawal of Informal Guidance Sparks New Litigation Dynamics – The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Should Section 5 of the FTC Act be Amended to Add a Private Right of Action?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Challenges of Using the Current Law to Address Dark Patterns, with Guest Gregory Dickinson, Assistant Professor, St. Thomas University
Webinar Recording: An Overview of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act
CF on Cyber: An Update on the Changes to the Florida Telemarketing Act
Similar to New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law (“NJ Daniel’s Law”), Pennsylvania House Representatives recently passed a bill (“PA Daniel’s Law” or the “Bill”) aimed at protecting certain public officials. Much like NJ Daniel’s Law,...more
New state laws aimed at age verification and parental consent for online apps will take effect in 2026, imposing significant compliance obligations and raising enforcement risks for app developers as well as app stores....more
Starting January 1, 2026, mobile app developers and app stores that have not come into compliance with the Texas App Store Accountability Act may be at risk of both public and private enforcement. ...more
From timekeeping technologies to dash cams, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is now being used to challenge a number and variety of time-saving programs and tools. On this episode of We get Privacy for...more
Businesses with marketing strategies that include sending text messages to consumers in Texas could face significant litigation risk and statutory penalties under Texas SB 140, Texas’s new state corollary to the federal...more
Plaintiffs’ attorneys have started sending a wave of letters asserting opt-out and access rights under California’s Shine the Light law....more
I grew up in a different time. When I was 18 we didn't have computers (for the most part) or online dating sites such as eHarmony, Bumble, Match, Dating.com, and the whole slew of other niche dating sites....more
While the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) weighs the constitutionality of New Jersey State’s Daniel’s Law, a West Virginia federal court recently opined on the constitutionality of its...more
Biometric technologies—such as fingerprint scanners, facial recognition systems, and retina scans—are now commonplace in modern business operations....more
On May 9, 2025 New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act (the “Act”) into law. This is the first time that a state jurisdiction has mandated use of certain disclosures if consumer data has...more
A bill recently enacted in Texas (SB140) will enhance the ability of individual consumers to seek damages for violations of various aspects of the state’s telemarketing laws. The changes adopted impact the following...more
Join us for an in-depth discussion on two pivotal pieces of legislation reshaping the consumer protection and data privacy landscape in New York: the NY FAIR Act and the TED Bill. This webinar will explore how these laws...more
A national leader in privacy law, California was among the first states to include an express right to privacy in its constitution, create a data breach notification law, and codify robust consumer data protections. ...more
Virginia recently enacted an amendment to its state Consumer Protection Act to regulate the processing of Virginia consumers’ reproductive and sexual health information. Specifically, SB 754 prohibits businesses from...more
On March 24, 2025, Senate Bill 754 (pdf) was signed into law amending the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA), the Commonwealth’s general consumer protection law. The VCPA was originally passed in 1977 as remedial...more
Keypoint: A new Virginia law prohibits the collection, use, or sharing of reproductive or sexual health information without consent and provides Virginians with a private right of action for at least $500 per violation. As...more
On March 24, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed SB 754 into law. SB 754, which will take effect on July 1, 2025, amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA) to prohibit certain entities from, in connection with a...more
On March 24, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin approved SB 754, titled “Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information.”...more
On March 24, 2025, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed into law SB 754, amending the state’s Consumer Protection Act to prohibit businesses from “[o]btaining, disclosing, selling, or disseminating any personally identifiable...more
In a development that seems to have flown mostly under the radar this week, Virginia’s governor signed on Monday SB754, a bill passed by the state’s General Assembly that amends the state’s Consumer Protection Act to strictly...more
While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is most known for its extensive privacy compliance obligations, the law also provides for a limited private right of action for certain security-related breaches....more
The landscape of U.S. state data privacy laws in the U.S. has grown increasingly complex in 2024. Seven additional states have enacted comprehensive privacy laws, raising the total number of states having their own privacy...more
Insights for this month’s article are provided by ARDA members Gregory Szewczyk, partner at Ballard Spahr Practice Leader of the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Group, and Aaron Tantleff, partner in Foley & Lardner’s...more
Following the Vermont Senate’s failure to override Governor Phil Scott’s veto of the Vermont Data Privacy Act (VDPA), the much-discussed bill will not be enacted into law – at least in its current form. As passed by the...more
Governor Phil Scott has vetoed the state’s proposed comprehensive privacy law. In rejecting the bill, he stated he was worried it created an “unnecessary and avoidable level of risk.” He had concerns in three areas....more