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Texas Secures $1.375B Settlement with Google Over Alleged Deceptive Data Collection

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Texas AG Ken Paxton announced a settlement in principle with Google LLC to resolve allegations of data privacy and security violations. The settlement will resolve lawsuits filed by Texas against Google for allegedly...more

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Looking Back at 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation

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State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children’s internet safety, and...more

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State AGs and the FTC Warn of 23andMe Risks Following Bankruptcy Announcement

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Several state attorneys general (AGs) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have begun scrutinizing ancestry tracking company 23andMe following its recent announcement that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of...more

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State Data Privacy Regulators: New Initiatives and Developments Impacting Companies

Comprehensive state privacy laws often task a state regulator to promulgate accompanying regulations that clarify the law’s requirements and to enforce the law by providing further guidance through its enforcement actions....more

Blank Rome LLP

Colorado Attorney General Announces Adoption of Amendments to Colorado Privacy Act Rules + Attorneys General Oppose Clearview AI...

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Colorado Adopts Amendments to CPA Rules - The Colorado Attorney General announced the adoption of amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) rules. The rules will become effective on January 30, 2025. The rules...more

Wiley Rein LLP

10 Key Privacy Developments and Trends to Watch in 2025

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As we enter the New Year, Wiley is looking ahead to the top privacy developments and trends to watch in 2025. On the state side, 2025 kicked off with several new privacy laws going into effect in January, and states continue...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter (December 2024)

Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general (State AGs) across the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

New Colorado Privacy Act Rules Adopted

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Keypoint: The attorney general’s office modified the Colorado Privacy Act Rules to create a process for issuing opinion letters and interpretative guidance and to address the biometric and children’s privacy amendments passed...more

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Colorado AG Proposes Amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act Rules to Implement Recent Legislative Updates

Just over one year after the Colorado Privacy Act Rules took effect, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office filed a set of proposed draft amendments that, if implemented, would significantly modify the Rules to reflect recent...more

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Trick or Treat: Colorado AG Announces Public Hearing on Proposed CPA Regulations

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On October 30, 2024, the Colorado attorney general (AG) announced a November 7, 2024, public rulemaking hearing to receive feedback on its latest proposed Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) regulations...more

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Colorado Attorney General Proposes Privacy Act Rules

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On September 13, 2024, the Colorado Attorney General published a set of proposed rules for the Colorado Privacy Act. The proposed rules introduce several significant changes aimed at enhancing consumer privacy protections and...more

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Colorado Attorney General Proposes Amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act Focused on Biometric Data and Children’s Privacy

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On September 13, 2024, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office (AG) published proposed amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) Rules that create new requirements for the collection and use of biometric data and children’s...more

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Texas Attorney General Reaches Largest-Ever Biometrics Settlement with Meta

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On July 30, 2024, a Texas state court issued an Order finalizing the largest-ever biometrics settlement, between the Texas Attorney General and Meta for a staggering $1.4 billion. The settlement resolves a longstanding civil...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Top 10 Privacy Law Issues From Last Month

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These are the top 10 things you need to know from from the world of privacy last month, as compiled by me. •Texas means business when it comes to biometrics. The Texas Attorney General recently secured a $1.4 billion...more

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Texas Attorney General’s Office Zeroes In on Data Privacy and Entities Using Biometric Data

Recently, Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton announced the launch of a Texas data privacy and security law enforcement initiative by establishing a new unit focusing on Texas’ privacy laws. The AG’s Office made the...more

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Texas Attorney General Announces First CUBI Settlement

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Keypoint: The Texas Attorney General reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta over its alleged violations of Texas’ biometric privacy law. On July 30, 2024, the Texas Attorney General announced that it has reached a $1.4...more

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Multistate Bipartisan AG Coalition Supports FTC’s Proposed Changes to COPPA Rule

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A bipartisan coalition of 43 AGs submitted comments on the FTC’s proposed amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) supporting restrictions on the use of children’s personal information (PI) and...more

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The State AG Report – 12.21.2023

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Rite Aid Settles Allegations its Facial Recognition...more

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Oregon Passes State Privacy Law

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The state of Oregon has passed a comprehensive data protection law (SB0619), which will go into effect in July 2024. What do you need to know about SB0619, also known as the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act?...more

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State AG Updates: Colorado, New Jersey, New York, Kansas, Florida, Rhode Island and AG Coalitions

In this edition of Faegre Drinker’s State Attorneys General Update, we discuss: • The Colorado AG’s $4 million settlement with two credit unions related to auto loan GAP fees...more

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New York AG Scrutinizes Madison Square Garden Facial Recognition Technology Banning Attorneys

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In January 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corporation (MSG), seeking information about its use of facial recognitional technology to prohibit ticketholders...more

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Thirty-Three State Attorneys General Show Support for FTC’s Proposed Crackdown on “Commercial Surveillance”

On August 22, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) indicated through the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking its intent to limit commercial surveillance – the common corporate practice of collecting, analyzing, and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Texas Enforcement of Biometric Law Focuses on Artificial Intelligence

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While many organizations are focusing their attention on compliance with the state consumer privacy laws becoming effective in 2023, they should keep in mind that the Texas Attorney General has now filed two cases in 2022...more

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State AG Updates: Arizona, Texas, California, North Carolina, Washington, New York and an AG Coalition

In this edition of Faegre Drinker’s State Attorneys General Update, we discuss: • The Arizona AG’s $85 million settlement with Google relating to location-tracking data...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Lessons from the Texas Biometric Data Action Against Google

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On October 20, 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton brought suit in Texas district court against Google for alleged violations of the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (“CUBI”). The petition claims that...more

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