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McDermott Will & Emery

California attorney general’s $1.55 million Healthline CCPA settlement continues cookie focus and signals increasing enforcement

The California attorney general’s (AG) July 1, 2025, proposed settlement with Healthline Media LLC (Healthline) marks the third cookie-related California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) settlement in as many months (alongside the...more

Baker Donelson

California AG Secures Landmark Privacy Settlement Over Tracking: What It Means for Your Website

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In a record-setting enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Attorney General (AG) announced a $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media, a popular online publisher of health...more

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Record-Breaking $1.55M CCPA Settlement Against Health Information Website Publisher

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On July 1, the California attorney general (CA AG) announced the largest CCPA settlement to date, $1.55 million, and the first settlement against a website publisher, Healthline Media LLC (Healthline)....more

Fisher Phillips

California Probe Targets Location Data Industry: 5 Steps to Keep Your Business Off the CCPA Enforcement Radar

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A new California investigative sweep into the location data industry focuses on whether businesses have violated state law relating to the consumers’ right to limit how their personal information – including their geolocation...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California attorney general investigates location data industry

On March 10, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta launched an investigation into the location data industry, issuing letters to companies that the AG alleged “appear to be in violation of the California Consumer Privacy...more

Cozen O'Connor

Arkansas AG Alleges Temu Uses E-Commerce App for Unlawful Data Access

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Arkansas AG Tim Griffin has filed a lawsuit against PDD Holdings Inc. and WhaleCo Inc., d/b/a Temu, alleging that Temu’s popular online shopping app operates as malware that is designed to gain unauthorized access to users’...more

Allen Matkins

Top Ten Ways That the New CPRA Law Will Change the Privacy Landscape

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On Election Day, California voters approved Proposition 24, which enacts the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). The CPRA amends and expands California’s landmark consumer privacy legislation, the California...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The CPRA Will Bring New Rights, Responsibilities and Regulators to California Data Privacy Law

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In less than a month, Californians will vote on a consumer privacy ballot initiative, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) went into effect on January 2, 2020, and state...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

New Privacy Laws in California and New York Are on a Collision Course with the COVID-19 Technology Boom

As COVID-19 fuels technological adoption and adaptation in all walks of life, the CCPA and New York SHIELD Act are front and center in the minds of both government enforcers and the private plaintiffs’ bar. The increased...more

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