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California Court Rejects Attempt to Expand Third-Party Eavesdropping Claims to Internet Communications: How Your Business Can...

Fisher Phillips on 4/23/2025

Businesses just received some good news when a federal court dismissed a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) claim that aimed to expand the reach of the state’s wiretapping law to cover internet communications. The...more

Businesses Get Big Privacy Win in Tester Plaintiffs’ Wiretapping Case: 3 Key Takeaways

Fisher Phillips on 4/16/2025

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

Tide May Be Turning in Businesses’ Favor After Key California Court Decisions in Website Tracking Cases

Fisher Phillips on 2/11/2025

Two recent court decisions have provided businesses with long-awaited clarity on the reach of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) – and could begin to redefine digital privacy litigation for the better. Two separate...more

Groundbreaking Class Certification Decision in Website Tracking Case Serves as Wake-Up Call for Businesses: Proactive Steps You...

Fisher Phillips on 12/19/2024

In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind decision, a California federal court just granted class certification in a wiretapping claim brought against a website operator that used third-party technology to track users’...more

Naughty and Nice: Recent Website Tracking Technology Cases Present Mixed Bag for Website Operators

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 12/11/2024

Many people are thinking of holiday cookies at this time of year, but your favorite privacy lawyers are still thinking more about the non-delicious kind: those enabling common features on websites and online services. That’s...more

Tsunami of CIPA Class Actions Storming California Businesses

CDF Labor Law LLP on 4/5/2024

California businesses are experiencing a tsunami of demands and complaints alleging class action status that applies the well-established 1960’s California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) to the internet’s new technology. CIPA...more

PEO Pointers – Are You Using Chatbots or Pixels on Your Website? Consider Mitigating Measures to Avoid Wiretapping Litigation

Fisher Phillips on 5/11/2023

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

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