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In a big win for businesses, a California federal court just held that a “tester” plaintiff – someone who visits websites for purposes of initiating litigation – cannot bring a claim under the California Invasion of Privacy...more
These lawsuits make generalized allegations that business websites use software or tools to collect various types of device and browsing information from website visitors and that businesses then share such information with...more
Recently, companies have found themselves defending allegations that the use of third-party pixel tracking technology on their websites violates state consumer privacy laws. Fortunately, these claims do not always survive the...more
Readers of our blog are well aware of the rash of recent lawsuits alleging that a company’s use of tracking software on its website constitutes a “pen register,” as defined under the California Invasion of Privacy Act...more
Advertising and privacy. In 2024, it’s hard to talk about one without the other. Almost like peanut butter and jelly. A recent case from the Federal Trade Commission is an important reminder about the privacy and...more
2023 saw a continued uptick in privacy litigation filings throughout the United States, with Plaintiffs counsel taking aim at cookies, session replay, video URLs, online “doxing” and the use of other online tracking...more
In recent months, organizations have been dealing with an emerging wave of lawsuits from an unexpected source: the VPPA. The Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), originally intended to prevent “wrongful disclosures” of...more
Some common digital marketing techniques used by PEOs have become the recent target of data security litigation – and you should consider taking mitigating measures if your PEO deploys these strategies to put yourself in a...more
Health privacy has been a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) priority for decades, and indeed, one of its very first privacy cases, in the early 2000s, involved the inadvertent sharing of user health data. Fast-forward a few...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
While plaintiffs’ attorneys were initially focused late last year on suing health care entities for using Pixel and other tracking technology to share information about website users with social media platforms such as Meta...more
What does the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office have to say about what it takes for adtech initiatives to be compliant with data protection? “There is an opportunity for market participants to move towards developing...more
Whether you use Facebook only occasionally to keep up with friends’ birthdays, sporadically for business-related investigation and due diligence, or daily to guide every aspect of your life, you cannot help but notice pop-up...more
The Northern District of Georgia recently granted CNN’s motion to dismiss a consumer class action that alleged CNN committed a violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2710. Perry v. Cable News...more
In the wake of numerous high-profile breaches of user privacy and complaints about sites that track the online activity of users, California Attorney General Kamala Harris has released a 28-page set of recommendations for how...more