Episode 345 -- Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Resolve Fraud, FCPA, ITAR and False Claims Act Violations
The ‘Long Arm’ of CIPA and Its Newfound Pen-Trap Claims
Episode 119 -- The Ericsson FCPA Settlement
On Jan. 15, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed settlement with web hosting giant GoDaddy over alleged violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act. Specifically, the FTC alleged that GoDaddy had violated the...more
The Guangzhou Internet Court (the “Court”) recently issued its first judgment involving the cross-border transfer of personal data under the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”).1 An international hotel group was...more
On November 14, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”), which is tasked with enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), announced it settled with two data brokers, Growbots, Inc. and UpLead...more
Penn State recently agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act violations related to its cybersecurity controls after a whistleblower alleged that the university failed to adhere to cybersecurity...more
A recently announced settlement with online alcohol addiction treatment service Monument Inc. demonstrates the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) continued focus on the use and disclosure of health data. The proposed settlement...more
DoorDash, Inc. recently settled with the California Attorney General for alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA). This is only the second...more
On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (the “OAG”) issued a report mandated by the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (the “CTDPA”), Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-515 et seq. (the “Report”), which Report is...more
On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) issued a Report to the General Assembly’s General Law Committee (“Report”), summarizing the OAG’s enforcement efforts during six months since the...more
On January 29, 2024, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) notified OpenAI of breaches of data protection laws involving its ChatGPT platform....more
On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed revisions to its rules administering the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The updates both expand the universe of businesses subject...more
On March 3, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted final approval of a $1.75 million class action settlement resolving allegations related to a 2020 data breach that compromised nearly 100,000...more
On February 17, 2023, the state attorneys general of Pennsylvania and Ohio reached a settlement with Ohio-based DNA Diagnostics Center (“DDC”) for a 2021 data breach that affected 2.1 million individuals nationwide and...more
CYBERSECURITY - Chick-Fil-A Sued for Sharing Data through Meta Pixel - While plaintiffs’ attorneys were initially focused late last year on suing health care entities for using Pixel and other tracking technology to share...more
On January 4, 2023, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) announced that Coinbase, Inc., a major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, will pay a $50 million penalty and invest an additional $50 million in its...more
On August 24, 2022, the California Attorney General’s Office announced a settlement with Sephora, Inc., resolving allegations that Sephora violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). At the same time, the Attorney...more
With the notice and cure set to expire on January 1, 2023, California Attorney General Rob Bonta (CA AG) provided a glimpse at what to expect with its first settlement of alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy...more
On August 24, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $1.2 million settlement with cosmetics retailer Sephora to resolve allegations that it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and failed to...more
CYBERSECURITY - Cyber-Attack Disrupts Public Services in Fremont County, Colorado - Government offices and public services in Fremont County, Colorado, have been disrupted since August 17, 2022, due to a “cybersecurity...more
On August 1, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS” or “Department”) issued a Consent Order, imposing a $30 million fine on Robinhood Crypto, LLC (“Robinhood”), a trading platform that allows...more
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced its first ever penalty against a cryptocurrency platform this week, with a whopping $30 million fine assessed against Robinhood Crypto, LLC (RHC) for what it...more
After months of litigation, Zoom Video Communications has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a proposed class action pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California....more
Immer häufiger müssen Gerichte über Verfahren wegen tatsächlichen oder behaupteten Bußgeldverstößen entscheiden. Hierbei geht es oft um sehr hohe Beträge und erhebliche persönliche Haftung für die beteiligten...more
The CCPA’s Private Right Of Action - The CCPA gives consumers several new “Privacy Rights”—such as the right to know how their personal information is collected, used and shared, the right to request deletion of their...more
Germany has seen a couple of record GDPR fines since the German Data Protection Authorities (DPA) issued their guidance paper on how to measure GDPR fines in October 2019. One of these DPA sanctions was recently subject to...more
After several years of anticipation, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has filed its first enforcement action under the agency's groundbreaking and first-in-the-nation 2017 cybersecurity regulation...more