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When you use your cellphone to search for businesses near you, you may opt into data collection about your location with an accuracy of within a few hundred feet. Often, unless you affirmatively opt out later, that data...more
Plaintiffs are persistently crafting creative legal theories to target tracking technologies. One new approach is to characterize tracking technologies as “pen registers” or “trap and trace devices” used in violation of...more
Readers of this blog are aware of the never-ending stream of lawsuits alleging that the use of third-party tracking technology to collect consumer data on company websites is tantamount to illegal wiretapping in violation of...more
This series of blogs rounds up some of the key data protection regulatory trends we have seen during 2024, focused on the EU and UK. 2024 has seen behavioural advertising and cookies continue to dominate the agenda of data...more
Recently filed class action complaints allege that companies that utilize embedded trackers within emails, or “spy pixels” as the plaintiffs are calling them, violate Arizona law because they collect a “communication service...more
Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 11 (November, 2023) The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging federal lawmakers to intervene with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) so that hospitals and health systems can...more
Companies in all industries and of all sizes are evaluating sophisticated and useful technology for their websites and applica- tions (their “apps”) in an effort to enhance and develop their image or brand and to support...more
The use of tracking technologies on websites and mobile applications (e.g., cookies) has become largely ubiquitous in our technology-driven world. Health care providers and organizations, for example, may use tracking...more
Commission d’access a la information du Quebec has issued guidance on employee geolocation tracking. Here are some key takeaways: Unless the law expressly provides for it, a company may not require a person to be tied...more
This is the fifth alert in a series of Bradley installments on privacy and cybersecurity developments arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 7, 2020, five United States senators introduced a bill aimed at protecting...more