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Second Circuit Limits VPPA Claims Regarding Meta Pixel Data Collection in Solomon v. Flipps Media: A Win for Companies Using...

In a significant development for companies targeted by (or vulnerable to) litigation over website data collection practices, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a Video Privacy...more

Polsinelli

Technology Transactions & Data Privacy - 2025 Report

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It is hard to believe that we are starting the 25th year of the 21st century. The rapid evolution that technology, privacy and data security have undergone these last 25 years is mindbending. Yet, as we enter 2025, it still...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

FTC Targets Accessibility Overlays

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On January 3, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced a proposed $1,000,000 settlement with accessiBe Inc. and accessiBe Ltd. accessiBe is a software provider that sells an AI-powered web accessibility tool...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Developments We Are Watching in 2025

The act of predicting what will become the dominating storyline of data privacy and cybersecurity in 2025 is a hazardous enterprise, as one is almost surely to get something wrong. Without fail, every year, regulators and the...more

J.S. Held

The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence: Scams and Frauds

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AI is technology that enables computers to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving skills, whereas deepfake is synthetic media that has been digitally manipulated to replace and mimic one person’s likeness. AI has...more

Perkins Coie

Massachusetts Supreme Court Decision Raises Bar for Website “Wiretap” Suits

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In recent months, a wave of lawsuits has swept across the nation, targeting websites for allegedly violating state wiretapping laws through their use of tracking software.  Despite none of these statutes explicitly addressing...more

McDermott Will & Emery

OCR Withdraws Appeal in AHA v. Becerra

On August 29, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) withdrew its appeal of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas’s June 20, 2024, decision in American...more

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OCR Files Notice of Appeal in Online Tracking Technologies Case

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On August 19, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) filed a notice of appeal of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas’s June 20, 2024, decision in American...more

Jenner & Block

Websites and Wiretap Laws: Emerging Trends in Privacy Class Action Litigation Risks

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As an onslaught of recent class actions allege, companies may be liable for eavesdropping and wiretapping based on the use of common analytics software on their platforms. For instance, in California, plaintiffs have filed...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: May 2024

Kaiser Permanente is notifying 13.4 million current and former members that their personal information may have been compromised when it was transmitted to tech giants Google, Microsoft Bing and X (formerly Twitter) when...more

Good2bSocial

What Is Domain Authority and How Is It Relevant to Law Firms?

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SEO is one of the most essential factors for successful digital marketing. Domain authority is a big component of SEO, as it measures how authoritative a website’s content is and search engines use that information to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

OCR Updates Guidance Regarding Compliance with HIPAA in Use of Online Tracking Technologies: Questions Remain

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On March 18, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released updated guidance to “increase clarity” for entities regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more

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EDPB launches website auditing tool

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The EDPB launched a website auditing tool to help legal and technical auditors at data protection authorities check whether websites are compliant with the law on 29 January 2024. Controllers and processors can also use the...more

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Privacy Class Action Spotlight: Latest Wave of Wiretap Class Actions Continues Despite Dismissals as Plaintiffs Try New Approaches

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Over a hundred cases are pending from the wave of privacy class actions that commenced last year alleging violations of state wiretap statutes based on use of website session replay, chatbot and pixel technologies. ...more

DarrowEverett LLP

As Wiretap Act Claims Abound, ‘Submarine’ Counterattack Launched

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The proliferation of class action lawsuit and arbitration claim filings under the Federal Wiretap Act and various state wiretap statutes has recently grown beyond California, as other states are now beginning to see more...more

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3 Questions Healthcare Provider Organizations Need to Consider when Implementing Pixel Tracking Technologies

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Online tracking technologies, such as pixels, have become a common feature of the modern web and app ecosystem. Pixels and other online tracking technologies may be configured to collect user data about website visits,...more

9Sail

How to Plan and Create SEO-Optimized Content

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Producing content for your law firm’s website is helpful in any form, but it has the most impact when you create content with SEO, or search engine optimization, at the forefront of your mind. Knowing the building blocks of...more

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SEO for Small Law Firms

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To be competitive in today’s market, you need to be visible online. That’s good news, though, because even small law firms can have a big impact in the digital space. If you have ever thought that your firm is too small to...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

The FTC Outlines What It Sees as “The HIdden Impacts of Pixel Tracking”

In a very comprehensive post from the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology, the FTC takes what it calls “[a] deep dive into the technical side of FTC’s recent cases on digital health platforms, GoodRx &...more

Ankura

ChatGPT: The End of Google Search?

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As technology continues to advance, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more and more prevalent in our everyday lives. From self-driving cars to virtual assistants, AI is quickly becoming an integral part of our lives....more

9Sail

7 Best SEO Tools for the In-House Law Firm SEO Professional

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If you are an in-house legal digital marketer or search engine optimization (SEO) manager for a law firm, you know how much work it can be managing SEO strategy for just one client. Well, at 9Sail, we manage SEO for several...more

White & Case LLP

A Survey of Sustainability Disclosures by Small- and Mid-Cap Companies

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In light of the heightened focus on environmental and social (“E&S”) disclosure, White & Case’s Public Company Advisory Group conducted a survey of E&S website disclosures of 84 small- and mid-cap US public reporting...more

Hogan Lovells

IAB Soliciting Comments on Draft Compliance Framework for Programmatic Advertising under the CCPA

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On October 22, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), a media and marketing industry trade group, released for public comment the California Consumer Privacy Act Compliance Framework for Publishers and Technology Companies...more

Hanzo

How to Archive Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Social Media for Regulatory Compliance

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When you need information, where do you go? For the majority of people today, the answer involves a smartphone and social media. From Facebook and LinkedIn to Instagram, Twitter, and even YouTube, social media is...more

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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Hanzo's 2018 Review and 2019 Predictions

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With 2018 in the archives, Hanzo is starting off the new year with a look ahead to the trends and challenges we believe will define the compliance and eDiscovery landscape in 2019, and a look back at the year that was at...more

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